question about swapped processes

hi there, my tiny server is not a champion when it comes to hardware.. normally it doesn't swap, but recently i have run a ram hungry application and it started swapping. top displays swapped processes nicely, easy to spot. because of its limited dipslay, i had a look at ps's options about

Re: question about swapped processes

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:37:14AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: i know ps is only showing what was, or might have been, not what it is.. but how come in one moment 40-50 (out of the total 110-120 processes) are swapped out and in the next instant none of them? status swapped out does not mean

Re: question about swapped processes

hmm, on Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:51:12AM +0200, mickey said that On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:37:14AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: i know ps is only showing what was, or might have been, not what it is.. but how come in one moment 40-50 (out of the total 110-120 processes) are swapped out and

Re: question about swapped processes

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 12:14:51PM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: hmm, on Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:51:12AM +0200, mickey said that On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:37:14AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: i know ps is only showing what was, or might have been, not what it is.. but how come in one