> > Hi > > > I have come across few incidents when swap space is used. Some times I find > that swap space is used despite free physical memory. > > Is there any procedure to deal with swapping ? Please share if you are > aware. > > Thanks! > Hello you can try setting swappiness in you box.. the default value is 60 in most of the distros... try setting it to a lower value..
according to official ubuntu docs they recommend 10 vim /etc/sysctl.conf vm.swappiness=10 try doing this.. -- Arpit Tolani Follow me @ www.twitter.com/arpittolani [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
