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

Fri Jul 21 17:36:17 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 12:10 -0500, Larry Vaden wrote:
> > On 7/21/06, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> > > Larry Vaden spake the following on 7/21/2006 8:05 AM:
> > > ><snip>
>
> > OK, I agree that where there is smoke there is not always fire, but I
> > still prefer a smoke-free environment.
>
> I quit buying last 8/18/05. Had 35 since. Used to be 2+ packs per day. I
> haven't quit, just decided to smoke less.
>
> When you check out that thread I mentioned, you'll see how. I did *not*
> use the "swappiness" thingy and I have 8k used ATM. Max I've seen
> recently is 44K (however updatedb and makewhatis running together will
> get it to 144M or so on this X workstation).

Here's what got my curiosity up (and wondering why the swap'd item(s)
didn't eventually expire);  the first machine is running sendmail, the
others are running postfix.

Mem:   1025076k total,   602508k used,   422568k free,    42204k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,      600k used,  2031008k free,   506496k cached

Mem:   1295916k total,   719596k used,   576320k free,    70192k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,      144k used,  2031464k free,   441984k cached

Mem:   1295916k total,   707076k used,   588840k free,   127812k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,      144k used,  2031464k free,   327920k cached

Mem:   1295916k total,   604212k used,   691704k free,    91576k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,      144k used,  2031464k free,   159620k cached

Mem:   2075040k total,  1379836k used,   695204k free,    40852k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,      144k used,  2031464k free,  1239196k cached

rgds/ldv