On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Frank Mancini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > > So are you saying the reason why I'm using so much swap is because > one of my applications that I'm starting up is reserving this space?
Yes. Take a look at the output of "prstat -s size". It will show you how much memory is reserved (SIZE) and the amount resident in RAM (RSS). > I guess I always thought it reserved regular physical memory first, > then swapped later when physical runs out. ?So realistically, I can > run out of swap without running out of physical memory first? I've seen it happen. -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org