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why is taking Swap if my server still have free ram?




Posted by papiandy, 04-14-2008, 02:41 PM
Look this: U know more than me, but why my dedicated server is taking Swap if as u cann se still have 50 Mb free of RAM? =)thks !

Posted by whmcsguru, 04-14-2008, 03:12 PM
What happens if something requests more than 50M? It's got to come from somewhere, right? Swap is there to complement ram usage. I wouldn't start panicking until you see a strong rise in swap usage without any memory freeing up.

Posted by papiandy, 04-14-2008, 04:13 PM
Ok Thks !



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