From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 10 11:05:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47AB816A400 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:05:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FE613C474 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:05:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1AB5Fit064459; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:05:17 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <45CDA6E4.70300@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:05:08 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070120) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Peel References: <007401c74cb0$1fc5f2d0$6501a8c0@GRANT> In-Reply-To: <007401c74cb0$1fc5f2d0$6501a8c0@GRANT> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig61213B02072766CE063D9B8A" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:05:32 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/2546/Sat Feb 10 08:55:09 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Full Swap File. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:05:38 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig61213B02072766CE063D9B8A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > Today while I was out, one of our sytems slowed to a crawl. >=20 > /var/log/messages shows the swapfile filled to capacity. >=20 > I will be doubling RAM (to 1 GIG and the swap partition to 2 GIG) in th= e very new future. >=20 > DOes anyone know if there is a method for tracing what process would ha= ve filled the swapfile? Not after the fact, but while it's all happening you can use 'top -osize'= to see the biggest processes you've got running. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig61213B02072766CE063D9B8A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFzabq8Mjk52CukIwRCMjZAJsHbjNtGB6ICCE4+hX3doavSCn10wCeKiT+ WgWJ+r6PztMbrsPI0Pw1fgg= =gJwd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig61213B02072766CE063D9B8A--