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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] swap usage creeping up
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:14
Message-Id: 4CC8BCEB.50904@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] swap usage creeping up by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:17:30 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
3 >
4 >
5 >>> it's 60. That seems a little high based on what you told me, but I
6 >>> have no reference value to compare it to from 2-3 weeks ago.
7 >>>
8 >> well, in the last few days I haven't seen any swap usage at all, which
9 >> is how the system used to run!
10 >>
11 >> Strange how the swappiness changed so dramatically in recent kernels.
12 >>
13 > I wondered the same when I checked and saw that my computers were using
14 > 60 too. But when I googled about it I found references to a default of 60
15 > from over a year ago.
16 >
17 >
18
19 That was about the time mine got changed. I always wondered how that
20 got changed. Since I added it to rc.conf, that should keep it from
21 getting changed again. May want to do the same on yours too.
22
23 Dale
24
25 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] swap usage creeping up Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>