I was under the (likely false) impression that the "used" value given for
swap in the "free" command represented a high water mark. In my experience,
it goes up, but never comes down again.

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On 10/9/07 1:19 PM, "Romanowski, John (OFT)"
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> Is their a way to find out the maximum amount or percentage of swap
> space a server's used?
>  swapon -s shows me the current amount used, but I'm interested in
> finding out how close a server has come to using all its swap space.
>
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