Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
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>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?44hdt7wpvz.fsf>