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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:18:27 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Jeff Gray <jwgray@netbox.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Swap size recommnedations? (fwd) 
Message-ID:  <199808141618.JAA26929@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 14 Aug 1998 07:14:27 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980814071020.2779A-100000@netbox.com> 

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>Thanks to David for his explanations.
>
>I am using 2.2.6 and. without adding additional applications or
>adding opening additional windows under xterm, my swap space slowly 
>fills up.  Day one at 5%, day three at 35% inuse.
>
>Any way to clear this other than a restart?  Hardware problem?

   You didn't mention how much "35%" is. The system will slowly page out
data in order to optimize for filesystem caching.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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