Re: zero swap free

2004-01-23 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 01:23:10PM +, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > Alvin Oga ns.Linux-Consulting.com> writes: > > > you should avoid using swap ... > > - if you have 64MB of swapp used, you should add a stick of 64MB > > - if you have 128MB of swap used, you should add a stick of 128MB > >

Re: zero swap free

2004-01-23 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Alvin Oga: > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, David G. Schlecht wrote: > > > I'm running Linux v2.2.16 from a Debian distro. The "free" command shows > > zero bytes of swap free out of 129 Mb (same size as physical mem). > > > > The culprit was qpopper when I received a 200Mb e-mail. > > > >

Re: zero swap free

2004-01-23 Thread M . Kirchhoff
Alvin Oga ns.Linux-Consulting.com> writes: > you should avoid using swap ... > - if you have 64MB of swapp used, you should add a stick of 64MB > - if you have 128MB of swap used, you should add a stick of 128MB > > if you use swap.. you'd just run slower ... Are you suggesting not

Re: zero swap free

2004-01-23 Thread Nate Duehr
On Thursday, Jan 22, 2004, at 22:34 America/Denver, David G. Schlecht wrote: I once read that the "free" value isn't that important, as long as the system isn't thrashing -- which it's not. If I recollect, the reasoning was that the swap is just rearranged next time someone has to page to disk

Re: zero swap free

2004-01-22 Thread Alvin Oga
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, David G. Schlecht wrote: > Hi All, > > I suppose this question isn't Debian specific but I'm hoping some of the > many experts here can point me in the right direction. > > I'm running Linux v2.2.16 from a Debian distro. The "free" command shows > zero bytes of swap free