From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263244AbTJaLgY (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 06:36:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263256AbTJaLgY (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 06:36:24 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:49305 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263244AbTJaLgX (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 06:36:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:36:22 +0100 (MET) From: "Mario Ohnewald" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20031031112118.32444.qmail@linuxmail.org> Subject: Re: Swap usage X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #929500 Message-ID: <16805.1067600182@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! > 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? -- 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! +++