Even though I have lots of swap space and only a little bit is being used, I STILL get a lot of messages saying that my swap space is running low. Whats the buzz?
Unix is justifyably concerned about having adequate swap space. A system crash caused by this beast is a sight to behold. However, A/UX seems EXTREMELY nervous about the amount needed before it starts getting fidgety. If you do a “/etc/swap -l” and see that you’re only using a small portion of your swap space and have a “lot” left, then you can safely ignore the messages (just how much is a “lot” is hard to say, but if you have 25000 blocks and are only using 1000 or 2000, then I’d say you were fine). If you DO need more swap space, then you have a few options: a. Using ‘kconfig’, reduce the number and size of buffers. This isn’t really a good idea since it could really degrade performance as well as possibly causing more panics. b. Add more swap space. Fine, if you have it. You could either add another disk as swap (nice) or repartition your present disk to create a larger Swap partition (Ack!). c. Add more memory. If you have more memory, then this will reduce the need to augment it
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- Even though I have lots of swap space and only a little bit is being used, I STILL get a lot of messages saying that my swap space is running low. Whats the buzz?
- Even though I have lots of swap space and only a little bit is being used, I still get a lot of messages saying that my swap space is running low. Whats the buzz?
