Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:44:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, psd@nev.ml.org Cc: freebsd-questions-digest@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: questions-digest V3 #417 Message-ID: <XFMail.970915184628.dburr@POBoxes.com> In-Reply-To: <199709151801.LAA13463@hub.freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- My secret spy satellite informs me that on 15-Sep-97, owner-questions-digest@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: >From: Paul Dekkers <psd@nev.ml.org> >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:41:55 +0200 (MET DST) >Subject: swap > >Hi > >How can I see how much swap is used already? Swapon -s doesn't work, and >I >don't think vmstat gives me that info (at least not the output of vmstat >as I saw it)... Try 'swapinfo'... >Does it matter how big your swapdrive is? I have currently a swapdisk of >50MB, that's enough I think, but does it make the system slower the >bigger The general rule of thumb is '2* the amount of memory you have'.. but if you have gobs of memory (say, more than 32 MB) this can be relaxed a bit. I've got 32 MB of memory and a total of 64 MB of swap, and I'm running comfortably. Believe me, your system WILL use all of this space, especially if you are doing a lot of stuff, or running one or two big programs (ie Netscape). Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNB3k8/jpixuAwagxAQEvSAP/RAjN/r4p4C7Dq8kPmPLj0Kh57dUV2CRF R9YwLSgMvsi0J2qx76xHRvjQg9l9E+wXLsXF4mxFzst8wC4bSxSwFwqIQZXQ7sxY ATteZFZE0gPkHVT3W07Iei6vdW58y8jYgN2Ha2eU5aIO0ztxT4EWB5ArcXkygefL bGZTP8E544k= =EsyI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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