[lug] stupid swap question

Sun Dec 1 15:29:42 MST 2019

Also, why do you say "it shows up in the system but doesn't seem to be
used"? You have 23GBi of free RAM any sensible OS would not use swap in
that situation....

On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 2:50 PM D. Stimits <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> On December 1, 2019 at 1:29 PM Bear Giles <bgiles at coyotesong.com>
> wrote:...
>
> bgiles at eris:~$ free -h
>               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache
> available
> Mem:           62Gi        16Gi        23Gi       4.7Gi        22Gi
>  40Gi
> Swap:          32Gi       113Mi        32Gi
>
> ...
> I am curious how many free Inodes you have? Check "df -i". Also, "df -H".
> Average file size versus inode size isn't exactly a swap file question, but
> it would have a bearing on filling up the file system. Changing block size
> would not be easy, but if it is an inode issue, then it would probably help
> to be aware of it.
>
> Incidentally, sometimes memory looks like it is consuming more than it
> really is due to making use of some of it for cache and buffer. If you use
> something like "xosview", then you get a nice color bar chart (the bottom
> green part is actually used...you'll see cache and buffer as well...most of
> which can be discarded when it is needed for "real work"...and this will
> not pressure swap).
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