[Gllug] Swap never seems to be used

Sun May 7 21:40:56 UTC 2006

Have you tried looking with "top"? top lists how big the file is and how
much is used, if the space is mentioned it is available for use.

Chris

Adrian McMenamin wrote:

>I have a server box with 512 MB of RAM and a 1.5 GB swap file and
>although the RAM usage gets high - the buffers and cache see to that.
>But swap is never touched. I have ensured it is a proper swap file and
>all that - but how can check this swap file actually works (I have no
>performance issues to worry about, I'm just intrigued)
>
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