Re: Swap usage

[Mario Ohnewald]

> > Hello!
> Hello Mario! 
> or ciao Mario! because your name really sounds Italian ;)
> 
> > I am running Kernel 2.4.21 on a unstable Debian box. I have included my
> IDE
> > Chipset driver
> > I have just ONE game server on it and do not use that box very much,
> > although, it uses its swap space for some reasons.
> 
> > load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
> > Mem:    249136k total,   153572k used,    95564k free,    23636k buffers
> > Swap:   512024k total,   143652k used,   368372k free,    24500k cached
> 
> > # hdparm -t /dev/hda
> > /dev/hda:
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:  150 MB in  3.01 seconds =  49.83 MB/sec
> 
> > How can i find out why it is using so much swap, and how can i prevent
> it
> > form doing so? 
> > This swap usage makes my box very slow.
> 
> I can only suggest you to try on this machine the 2.4.23-pre9,
> it should really improve the VM.

Will the new 2.6.0 test9 solve this problem, too?

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