From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 13:18:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8593A16A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:18:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from t-x.dignus.nl (t-x.dignus.nl [83.219.88.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2775943D2F for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:18:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.dignus.nl [127.0.0.1]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id EFE951A6EF; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:15:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (fia148-72.dsl.hccnet.nl [62.251.72.148]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 348651A6E1; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:14:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (localhost.kozy-kabin.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F48161F3; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:17:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost)j2GDHrVw063785; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:17:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:17:49 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: Giorgos Keramidas In-Reply-To: <20050316130754.GC7986@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> Message-ID: <20050316141635.A2949@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: <20050316123901.U2949@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> <444qfbpydd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20050316125446.GA7986@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050316130754.GC7986@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by RemSPAMd at ph230.plushosting.nl cc: Lowell Gilbert cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Illogical usage of swap X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:18:00 -0000 On Mar 16 at 15:07, Giorgos Keramidas said: > On 2005-03-16 14:02, "Colin J. Raven" wrote: >> On Mar 16 at 14:54, Giorgos Keramidas asked: >>>> Free memory (or the lack thereof) isn't the issue though. >>>> >>>> The issue is this: >>>> Swap: 8192M Total, 116K Used, 8192M Free >>>> and that's the piece of the puzzle that has us all utterly baffled. >>>> >>>> No way in creation this box should be swapping. >>> >>> Do you, by any chance, have vm.swap_idle_enabled set to 1? >> >> No, it isn't: >> gonzo# sysctl -a |grep vm.swap_idle_enabled >> vm.swap_idle_enabled: 0 > > Strange. AFAIK, processes are not swapped out to disk unless there is a > severe memory shortage. The usual case is to have them "paged" out, > which is a bit different. That was my understanding also, and that's what's baffling us Regards, -Colin -- Colin J. Raven Wed Mar 16 14:17:00 CET 2005