Re: Swap usage

From: Mario Ohnewald (mario.Ohnewald_at_gmx.de)
Date: 10/31/03

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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.

    Will the new 2.6.0 test9 solve this problem, too?

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