Check out this vmstat 1 output. I do a dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/junk
bs=1024k count=500, and it swaps stuff out despite having more than
enough free memory. In other cases, it has swapped out 32+MB in a
similar situation.
--Lee Hetherington
0 0 0 0 372372 340 479300 0 0 0 0 104 48 0 1 99
0 1 0 0 839124 360 12428 0 0 35 3 146 120 0 9 91
1 0 1 2312 738308 240 115948 0 2312 112 2758 352 306 0 35 64
0 1 2 2992 563616 400 284860 0 680 1 12194 406 47116 0 57 43
0 1 2 2992 560384 400 284860 0 0 0 8981 399 629 0 4 96
0 1 1 2992 563528 400 284860 0 0 0 4514 382 344 0 3 96
1 1 2 3128 404696 504 443496 0 136 1 12496 392 98520 2 56 42
0 2 2 3128 328224 580 515756 0 0 1 9255 448 52018 1 27 72
1 2 2 3128 326168 592 517584 0 0 18 8495 2146 3333 4 6 90
0 2 2 3128 326172 592 517584 0 0 0 9084 483 1100 0 4 95
0 2 2 3128 326148 592 517584 0 0 0 8825 395 627 0 4 96
0 3 2 3128 325912 620 517796 0 8 57 10384 709 1065 1 1 98
0 1 0 3136 326348 676 517568 0 0 54 12144 459 858 0 1 99
procs memory swap io system cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id
0 1 0 3136 326388 676 517536 0 0 0 8753 419 694 0 2 97
0 1 0 3136 326416 676 517504 0 0 0 9207 433 702 0 4 96
0 1 1 3136 326452 680 517472 0 0 1 8468 415 690 0 4 95
1 0 0 3136 326444 684 517464 0 0 1 3413 396 344 0 8 91
0 0 0 3136 326524 692 517552 0 0 32 0 119 91 1 2 97
0 0 0 3136 326548 692 517520 0 0 0 0 157 58 0 1 99
0 0 0 3136 326576 692 517488 0 0 0 0 104 47 0 0 99
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