From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 4 15:21: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 043D21506C for ; Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:21:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA24524; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:19:44 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:19:43 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Richard Yeardley Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1R Swap file usage - should it return to zero once in a while? In-Reply-To: <36e21129.274298750@smtp.dial.pipex.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Richard Yeardley wrote: > I've a 32MB 3.1R box with 11MB swap space (I should have more but > that's the way it goes). It's currently been up about ten days and in > that time the swap space usage has grown to 55%. My question is > should it fall back to zero by itself after a period of inactivity > (ala Winblows) or is a reboot the only way to flush it? The only reason anyone looks at swap space is to see whether you're running out of it (in which case you need to add more). You shouldn't need to worry if it evers goes back to zero or not; there is *no* point in flushing it. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message