We lower the default for the parm vm.swappiness
The default is 60 and we mostly set this to 5 now.
To see where it's set now;
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
Change it;
echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
Update the /etc/sysctl.conf file to keep where you want it ... 20, 5, or even 0
...
Hope this is some help...
Paul
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave
Czajkowski
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 8:43 AM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: SwapCache
Is there a way to disable or limit the amount of SwapCache? I understand
it's function, but the double allocation of these pages is causing my low
memory alerts to trip.
I can remove the swap copy with a swapoff/swapon. Is there a more elegant
way to remove?
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