tlaro...@polynum.com writes: > The question: is this the compatibility layer that uses the swap > partition instead of the RAM for its allocation or is this the program > itself that uses it (and there is enough RAM on the node for > accommodating it even if I do not understand why it should need a > huge amount).
This strikes me as a strange theory. Programs use memory, and the system pages to swap (which is paging backing store, really). I am unaware of this being different for emulation. You should run "ps alx", "pstat -s" and "systat vmstat" while running to see what's going on.
