swap vs. RAM
Hi, I just compiled some kernels 2.4.x series , and it
seems to me that all these builds prefer to use my
swap space instead of my free memory , so the
performance dropped :((( . I noticed when the mashine
is not overloaded , free outputs the following :
debian:/# free
total used free shared
buffers cached
Mem: 60752 59792 960 0
1084 34508
-/+ buffers/cache: 24200 36552
Swap: 104384 33076 71308
debian:/#
The mashine uses 1/3 of my swap , but i just started a
X session with Netscape and KMail . Also Shared must
be different from 0 ..., but it is not . Couldn't get
why kernel prefers my swap than my free RAM .
When the mashine is really overloaded Shared field
from the 'free' output remains 0 , and swap activity
really get enormous .
Anyone able to explain why the 2.4 kernel prefers swap
instead of free RAM ???
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