[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: when is swap allocated



that is perfectly normal, linux is incredibly efficient at using
memory.  my main server has been up almost 6 months and is used _a
lot_.  and my mem stats:

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        127544     119664       7880     100528       6016      34736
-/+ buffers/cache:      78912      48632
Swap:       261496       7604     253892

dont expect mem usage to go too high unless your doing extreme stuff..i
keep a lot of swap for emergencies. incase a process gets outta control i
got plenty of room ..

nate

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Brian J. Stults wrote:

bs7452 >I was just wondering when/why swap space is used.  I rooted around a bit
bs7452 >in the various sources of documentation, but didn't find what I was
bs7452 >looking for.  The reason I ask is that swap is very rarely used on my
bs7452 >system.  Most of the time, the results of "free" look like this:
bs7452 >
bs7452 >             total       used       free     shared    buffers    
bs7452 >cached
bs7452 >Mem:        128300     125204       3096      91920       2784     
bs7452 >61060
bs7452 >-/+ buffers/cache:      61360      66940
bs7452 >Swap:       273024       4344     268680
bs7452 >
bs7452 >
bs7452 >Maybe I should be glad that there is little need on my system for swap,
bs7452 >but I'm a little surprised and worried that something is not set
bs7452 >properly.
bs7452 >
bs7452 >
bs7452 >Thanks.
bs7452 >-- 
bs7452 >
bs7452 >Brian J. Stults
bs7452 >Doctoral Candidate
bs7452 >Department of Sociology
bs7452 >University at Albany - SUNY
bs7452 >Phone: (518) 442-4652  Fax: (518) 442-4936
bs7452 >Web: www.albany.edu/~bs7452
bs7452 >
bs7452 >
bs7452 >-- 
bs7452 >Unsubscribe?  mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null
bs7452 >

----------------------------------------[mailto:aphro@aphroland.org ]--
   Vice President Network Operations       http://www.firetrail.com/
  Firetrail Internet Services Limited      http://www.aphroland.org/
       Everett, WA 425-348-7336            http://www.linuxpowered.net/
            Powered By:                    http://comedy.aphroland.org/
    Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP            http://yahoo.aphroland.org/
-----------------------------------------[mailto:aphro@netquest.net ]--
12:55pm up 155 days, 59 min, 2 users, load average: 1.88, 1.68, 1.62



Reply to: