From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 17 02:46:51 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B80AD6DF53 for ; Wed, 17 May 2017 02:46:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x233.google.com (mail-wm0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30CDC1CA0 for ; Wed, 17 May 2017 02:46:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x233.google.com with SMTP id u65so138255721wmu.1 for ; Tue, 16 May 2017 19:46:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=RlCf0hQEQuC7x540LTrZkgICcGdS35w/S66HkfnmINU=; b=qy4aWunNdDZV+xfCjAHibGeFekLtzHu/jYkoyhOjW0JIzNBmDPFibxkS4UuGbIeQWI 5EPWXEac1FYx0Dm3M52qiuCZOJOMdi4ORv8XnYstpSkCk9h15tnKmhfVMNMarG9g5Zl1 0GPQsF1IzXPmW3hpRQlKqGbNb0/el9JBxdir+BzHUMb7vxJR/EpXen0tsujqLO3gA3W6 Cs+KJnLAW9DgQIy2L8Zz521XTmDMbUP1KVvX/NJ7Dv5LM6KORO1uQv8dHEEtNi2F79Jh m23JK7qPj3ntqPLE2cFpblBK89Lm51HnG6DjW7gcg6y6JRMmPEXKkHbwclrGwGYv73d/ hoPQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=RlCf0hQEQuC7x540LTrZkgICcGdS35w/S66HkfnmINU=; b=Z9+GJceEplcGKzeQABPXq18ZOoRsEvkwx9uzbomNyAX2r4eO9Cqp/pbZ95MgmnqVsJ lxxsPBYx/CV0S+XQ2xsmEoSAl1CV1ZLvvFfhRbTWUXQpkpRsACSgewvcZuz+PtwAeJ4m y5z4yATO9OcTYe2se2SaeRXdS6d7zjGn8gs+IQZI5kDLw+fAw15v9U+aZlih8aqAiTAo RoODvb2OyovLjbcJG3VjvL5pnE/9ci3NxXRMbr+1Cy3jVxDEaQozb6nikuD3fS1iBZJC OuLHmIbdXjLGkHpgl5pEZXhG96rcvBEavx2cif/gmf2gVygBaZu6rbhLUKGazepuUEco qoLQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcADOEtbKGeZQHxRL1BN++ccuwZk1UrJJoKQyp7H+2G2DlQt4ZDr oSqdjQKCAwb0awG9xXwOurXhk44ivQ== X-Received: by 10.80.172.122 with SMTP id w55mr1094727edc.120.1494989208841; Tue, 16 May 2017 19:46:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.193.17 with HTTP; Tue, 16 May 2017 19:46:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Adam Vande More Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 21:46:48 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: swap_pager on cloud server To: David Mehler Cc: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 02:46:51 -0000 On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 9:30 PM, David Mehler wrote: > Hello, > > Here's my swapinfo, though it was obtained after a server reboot, it froze > up. > > #swapinfo > Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity > /dev/md98 1780352 36 1780316 0% > /dev/md99 1036216 44 1036172 0% > Total 2816568 80 2816488 0% > And what is the output of: # mdconfig -lv The short answer though is use a real swap device eg a separate "real" disk or partition. Even having no swap device is better than the above config when under memory pressure. -- Adam