Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:47:45 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: David Pfeffer <aristea@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory and swap Message-ID: <20020220174745.A34032@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020219231515.aristea@rogers.com>; from aristea@rogers.com on Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 11:15:15PM -0500 References: <XFMail.20020219231515.aristea@rogers.com>
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 11:15:15PM -0500, David Pfeffer wrote:
> Hello All,
> I have recently started using FreeBsd and am very happy with it.
> However, I still have a lot to learn. That much is obvious. :)
>
> My question is this:
>
> Why would my swap not return to 0% if I have physical memory available?
Why should it? Taking stuff out from swap takes time, and if the
swapped out stuff isn't being used, why bother?
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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