Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:56:23 -0800 From: Network Administrator <gbntech@gbn.com> To: kstewart@urx.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap problems Message-ID: <v04205507b65c4dcad5e6@[199.97.207.103]> In-Reply-To: <3A369CC6.41FE334A@urx.com> References: <v04205506b65c48388631@[199.97.207.103]> <3A369CC6.41FE334A@urx.com>
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At 1:46 PM -0800 12/12/00, Kent Stewart wrote:
> > Can someone tell me where to look for the problem that causes this failure:
> >
> > swap_pager: out of swap space
>
>It filled up your swap file system. While the price is right, I would
>up the memory. Then you wouldn't swap as much. SDRAM access times on
>that vintage will be 10-15ns. Accessing your HD will make it seem like
>the memory is 8-15ms.
Hmm. I wasn't specific enough.
The question is: WHY is the swap f/s continuing to get filled up? It
didn't used to. The primary use of the machine is mail server. If I
kill all processes not directly related to that (httpd, named, etc.),
then sendmail or pop3d will eventually cause the swap space to
overflow. And I don't know what to look for.
>Did you boot into single user mode and fsck your file systems? It
>would act strange until you do.
Yes, I did. All filesystems check clean. I don't know how (or if I
want to) reinitialize the swap partition.
Thanks.
-Bob
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