[CentOS] Re: why is this machine using swap space?

Fri Jul 21 17:10:15 UTC 2006
Larry Vaden <vaden at texoma.net>

On 7/21/06, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> Larry Vaden spake the following on 7/21/2006 8:05 AM:
> > 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
> >
> > rgds/ldv
> 144k of used swap is minimal. As ling as pages aren't actively swapping in and
> out, it is no big deal.

OK, I agree that where there is smoke there is not always fire, but I
still prefer a smoke-free environment.

rgds/ldv