Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paolo Ciarrocchi" <> | Date | Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:21:18 +0800 | Subject | Re: Swap usage |
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> Hello! Hello Mario! or ciao Mario! because your name really sounds Italian ;)
> I am running Kernel 2.4.21 on a unstable Debian box. I have included my IDE > Chipset driver > I have just ONE game server on it and do not use that box very much, > although, it uses its swap space for some reasons.
> load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 > Mem: 249136k total, 153572k used, 95564k free, 23636k buffers > Swap: 512024k total, 143652k used, 368372k free, 24500k cached
> # hdparm -t /dev/hda > /dev/hda: > Timing buffered disk reads: 150 MB in 3.01 seconds = 49.83 MB/sec
> How can i find out why it is using so much swap, and how can i prevent it > form doing so? > This swap usage makes my box very slow.
I can only suggest you to try on this machine the 2.4.23-pre9, it should really improve the VM.
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