On 10/09/2014, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 21:51:35 +0200 > Bzzzz <lazyvi...@gmx.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:30:40 +0800 >> Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Alright, then; it is doing token swapping - with 99% of 16GB memory >> > usage, and, swapping only 4% of (about) 40GB swap capacity, you >> > can't seriously tell me that the swapping is working as it should >> > be. >> >> Anyway, a swap of 40GB is too much for a RAM of 16GB (should be >> around 16-20GB), unless you perform operations that generates >> a lot of intermediary results). > > The reason I agree with you is that if you need to swap anywhere near > 40GB of swap, your computer will be crawling to the point where you > might as well abort the guilty program (if you can navigate to do so), > or reboot the compute. > > That said, I just found out my swap partition is 44GB for a 16GB > semiconductor RAM. >
So, does swapping work on your system? Does your RAM usage go above 50%, without swapping, and, above 90%, with less than 5% of the swap capacity being used? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8mdkeohzrxu2hfatfj4hkr_qum5nsjegtwxnqgeh4m...@mail.gmail.com