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Subject: Re: 2.4 VM & swap question
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 07:43:19 +1000
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On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:58:35 +0200, you wrote:

>I have a database server with 1G phys and 1G swap. It uses 950+ MB for cache,
>as it should, and doesn't even *touch* swap.  This is 2.4.5.

I thought the new rule is: 
	total_memory = max(physical, swap);

And the old rule was:
	total_memory = physical + swap;

Hence under a 1G physical and 1G swap setup, the kernel would never
access swap. 

Is this the case, or am I a couple of megabytes short in my
understanding of things?




Al