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. >:-) > > rgds/ldv > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060721/402ca33f/attachment-0005.sig>