To swap or not to swap?

Here's something that's been bugging me for a while now... I have several Linux servers that have been given enough RAM that they rarely ever use any swap space. For example, here's the typical output of uptime and free: [EMAIL PROTECTED] uptime; free 03:55:33 up 225 days, 17:34, 0 users,

To swap or not to swap?

Here's something that's been bugging me for a while now... I have several Linux servers that have been given enough RAM that they rarely ever use any swap space. For example, here's the typical output of uptime and free: [EMAIL PROTECTED] uptime; free 03:55:33 up 225 days, 17:34, 0 users,

Missing RAM on x86_64

Hi, I appear to be missing quite a bit of RAM on an x86_64 system. I have 1GB installed, but 'free' only shows 878MB: pokey$ free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 878571306 0 52332 -/+

Missing RAM on x86_64

Hi, I appear to be missing quite a bit of RAM on an x86_64 system. I have 1GB installed, but 'free' only shows 878MB: pokey$ free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 878571306 0 52332 -/+

Re: Swap partition vs swap file

> > Given this situation, is there any significant performance or > > stability advantage to using a swap partition instead of a swap file? > > In 2.6 they have the same reliability and they will have the same > performance unless the swapfile is badly fragmented. Thanks for the reply -- that's

Re: Swap partition vs swap file

Given this situation, is there any significant performance or stability advantage to using a swap partition instead of a swap file? In 2.6 they have the same reliability and they will have the same performance unless the swapfile is badly fragmented. Thanks for the reply -- that's been