Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:27:00 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Piotr Gnyp <toread@discordia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: swap usage Message-ID: <20040128122700.GA95722@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401281314010.45660@discordia.pl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401281228100.45660@discordia.pl> <20040128121134.GA78272@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401281314010.45660@discordia.pl>
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:20:05PM +0100, Piotr Gnyp wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > > Of course, what you posted doesn't indicate this. Swap is used by > > processes, so killing the process that is actually using the swap will > > cause it to be reclaimed. If you think something else is going on, > > please provide the appropriate details so we can analyse the problem. > > so, beside top and swapinfo - how can i check it? > > My point is: why system uses swap if it has free memory. To make sure that there is free memory available when programs need it. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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