Re: Memory Mangement Problem in 5.1-RELEASE

From: Daniel C. Sobral <dcs_at_tcoip.com.br>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:25:49 -0300
Ahmed Al-Hindawi wrote:
>> If your system is spending a lot of time moving data to and from swap 
>> when it is not memory-starved, or if it is stalling memory allocations 
>> that it should be able to fulfill from free RAM, that's a concern.
> 
> 
> That is exactly it. I emphaises th words " when it is not memory-starved 
> ". It isn't memory starved.
> 
> Also I get 150Mb frequently of swap disk space, whilst still having a 
> complete third of my memory free!!
> 
> I can understand everyones view on this, that the swap algorithim is 
> swaping pre-emtively. But 150MB?? Is that what is called a low level of 
> swaping??

 From the set of applications you listed, 150 MB doesn't even sound all 
that much. 300MB-400MB is the footprint I'd expect for that.

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