swap memory

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Sun Feb 8 22:42:26 UTC 2004


On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 03:20:17PM -0600, Kevin Krieser wrote:
> It depends on whether you are running out.  Run top sometime when you
> are running a typical load.

And, don't look at the "free" memory entry -- that's basically meaningless
because of disk buffers. Instead, look directly at how much swap is used.

In general, if you're using enough swap memory to outdo twice your physical
memory, your system is going to be so painfully slow that adding more should
be the least of your worries.

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Matthew Miller           mattdm at mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
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