[CentOS] why is this machine using swap space?

Fri Jul 21 15:52:09 UTC 2006
Larry Vaden <vaden at texoma.net>

On 7/21/06, William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 10:05 -0500, Larry Vaden wrote:
> > Mem:   2075040k total,  1331452k used,   743588k free,    50896k buffers
> > Swap:  2031608k total,      144k used,  2031464k free,  1191532k cached
> >
> > SunFire X2100 running Centos 4.3.
> >
> > Linux maytag1.texoma.net 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL #1 Fri Jul 7 19:24:57 CDT
> > 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>
> To answer your question: because it is there! ;-) And it can!
>
> Seriously, a recent thread involving this is in the archives. Short ans:
> "swappiness" parameter can be used to reduce it and there is a "bug"
> that disappears with U4 (IIRC). Also, some config settings can reduce
> it.
>
> Now we have two threads on it.  >:-)

<humor>
So, how many threads before it can go in the faq?
</humor>

Seriously, did I miss it or is Centos at centos.org not covered by Google groups?

If not covered by Google groups, why (or more positively, can we change that)?

rgds/ldv