Date: 19 Jun 2004 11:04:16 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Bruce <freebsd@solisix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory / Swap Space Problem Message-ID: <44hdt7wpvz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <1087656554.671.7.camel@localhost> References: <1087656554.671.7.camel@localhost>
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Bruce <freebsd@solisix.com> writes: > I am having problems with my swap space. Maybe. I'm not sure what's > going on, to be honest. If my memory is at 100% load and I just keep > opening apps, shouldn't at some point my swap space be used? Not necessarily. See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#MORE-SWAP http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM and if you want more information, any introductory operating systems textbook will spend dozens of pages explaining paging techniques.
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