Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage
Bzzzz <lazyvirus@gmx.com> writes:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:30:40 +0800
> Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Alright, then; it is doing token swapping - with 99% of 16GB memory
>> usage, and, swapping only 4% of (about) 40GB swap capacity, you can't
>> seriously tell me that the swapping is working as it should be.
>
> Anyway, a swap of 40GB is too much for a RAM of 16GB (should be
> around 16-20GB), unless you perform operations that generates
> a lot of intermediary results).
Why would 40GB be too much? I have 8/64 so I can use swapping to slow
down the downfall of the system. Even without the slowdown, I rather
have free swap space than the system going down because it runs out.
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