From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4585 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 16:17:04 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 6 Dec 2004 16:17:04 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CbLXs-0003YI-71 for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:17:04 +0000 Received: (qmail 28339 invoked by uid 89); 6 Dec 2004 16:16:46 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 25777 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 16:16:46 +0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=Sc3JT7TnrLo6mvtu+hgqvBkiJvhjJ1s6740s8t96xaOXLT/UNguoez/2wSCRwR6qOxQx8WlUdxJwL4WY6AbQxBPTBLRv6hgw+lNUpaHWGJh26Dzea/3uGuXdsNW8a3VYNh3FfkDN0mAm3mq3PgrNZKUmri5/fh+gTYnz2QdnKNI= Message-ID: <49bf44f104120608167e0a24a5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:16:45 -0800 From: Grant Reply-To: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200412040853.22010.uwix@iway.na> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <49bf44f104120306566d7e95cc@mail.gmail.com> <20041204013213.GA30529@vicerveza.homeunix.net> <49bf44f104120318296c48f892@mail.gmail.com> <200412040853.22010.uwix@iway.na> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] More memory? X-Archives-Salt: eaa01565-ad8f-47d5-b949-e726582a3949 X-Archives-Hash: 84749811b014c1980d6d2528be65bf10 > > Maybe a better way to phrase my question is: Is it possible to set my > > server up so it will use swap when it needs it and then free it back > > up when it doesn't need it anymore? What makes me think that is > > necessary is the fact that I see a very snappy response when browsing > > my site after a fresh reboot. After it's been up for awhile, the swap > > starts to fill and it slows down. Rebooting clears out the swap and > > the snaps return. > > Actually, that is the default behaviour. I'm now using swap again for the first time since my last reboot. It's currently at 1036k, but that is guaranteed to keep increasing. Here's what I don't understand. total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 978 731 246 0 164 226 -/+ buffers/cache: 340 637 Swap: 494 1 493 If I'm reading that right, I'm only *using* using 340MB. Why doesn't the system get rid of some of the inactive stuff in memory so I don't have to use more and more swap and slow down my system? - Grant > Uwe -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list