On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:51:07 +0100, AG wrote: > Just a quick query about releasing swap space. On occasion according to > Conky (system monitoring app), the swap space (set at 3Gb) sometimes > gets used to up to 15% especially if using something like Pan for > usenet.
What's your amount of physical ram? > Is there any value/ harm in releasing this space using something like: > > swapoff -a && swapon -a [1] (...) No harm, but no need to do it neither, unless you have a specific requirement. Swap usage is up to the kernel, just let it to manage as it desires (remember the kernel's law: "unused memory is wasted memory"). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
