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/
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