: If the system in question is a Linux box, a) full memory usage is
: the normal state and b) a small amount of swap usage is normal and not
: neccessarily performance inhibiting.
: As far as a) goes, the system doesn't free up memory unless it is
: out of memory. The idea is, why waste cycles freeing up stuff until you
: need the space? The side effect is that system tools always show full
: memory.
: I'm not sure why a small amount of swap is always in use but it
: seems to be true, and not a performance inhibitor. Check the amount of swap
: in use at boot time, quiet time, and heavy use time - if they stay the same,
: then it isn't actually actively swapping.
Yep, this describes the way my systems have always run. The swap never really
changes on any of these machines. If it ever did change radically then I know
something bad is up.
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