From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263185AbTJaKqd (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:46:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263189AbTJaKqd (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:46:33 -0500 Received: from imap.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:36498 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263185AbTJaKqb (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:46:31 -0500 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:46:31 +0100 (MET) From: "Mario Ohnewald" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Swap usage X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #929500 Message-ID: <1377.1067597191@www53.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello! 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. Cheers, Mario -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++