From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 20 18:16:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C65F16A41C for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:16:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@natserv.com) Received: from mail1.acecape.com (mail1.acecape.com [66.114.74.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B1C43D53 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:16:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@natserv.com) Received: from zoraida.natserv.net (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mail1.acecape.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j5KIGoN7026680 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:16:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:16:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Francisco Reyes X-X-Sender: fran@zoraida.natserv.net To: FreeBSD Questions List Message-ID: <20050620141439.S36309@zoraida.natserv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Subject: When does swap decreases 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: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:16:52 -0000 My swap used to be 30MB+ I increased from 256MB to 384MB. For several days swap usage was zero. Then I saw it increase to a few hundred Kbs.. and now it's up to 10MB. I am wondering if it's because swap is not going down or there is now that many more programs running (which I doubt). Before the memory upgrade the swap was very steady at 30MB so after a 128MB memory increase I am a little surprised my swap seems to be staying around 10MB