i see.. so when does my machine normally use the swap? Does my machine make use of it when my RAM gets full, am i getting it right?
On Jan 2, 2008 12:29 PM, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You don't what that to happen. Swap, more specifically your hard disk, is > slow compared with your PC's RAM. If you find out your PC is maxing out its > swap space, then it's time to buy more RAM. > > > Happy New Year! > > --- mike t. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: mary tabucan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 8:59:12 AM > Subject: [plug] making use of swap > > Hi Linux Gurus, > > I just wanted to be more knowledgeable of the the SWAP. When I checked my > machine's Memory usage using top, i see this report: > > Cpu(s): 7.8% us, 2.1% sy, 0.0% ni, 90.2% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0%si > Mem: 507276k total, 500964k used, 6312k free, 62324k buffers > Swap: 522072k total, * 0k used*, 522072k free, 178940k cached > > Does this mean my machine is not using any swap? > > Also,I confirmed it when I do a free command: > > total used free shared > buffers cached > Mem: 507276 500364 6912 0 59292 178744 > -/+ buffers/cache: 262328 244948 > Swap: 522072 0 522072 > > Is there a way I can make my machine use the RAM at the same time the > swap, so that both memories share workload on my machine. > > Any help is greatly appreciated... > > Happy new Year..:) > > Yours, > Dylan > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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