On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 14:50, Pierre De Boeck wrote: > Hi all, > > I have FC1 on my Dell inspiron 5150 and I use System Monitor > to control the memory used. > > I have 512MB of RAM and 1GB of swap file. What I observed when > I have not started any application (except some deamons) is that > > 1) the "used memory" is 370 of 502 > 2) the used swap is 0 of 1020 > > And when I launch 2 or 3 apps like emacs or mozilla the > used swap is ALWAYS 0 of 1020. > > Is it normal? Will the swap be only used when the used > memory will reach the full capacity available? > > I ask that question because I observed that in some session > my disk was continously working, and the used memory was close > to the 500, although only a few apps were running. > > Also I noticed no specific heavy process in the > of process listed by system monitor. >From what I understand, the old standard 2x memory for swap -- is an old standard. Unless you are working with servers and large databases the need for swap (on systems with over 256M RAM) is somewhat limited. I suggest that you Google this or find a better source of information than me, but I believe you will find this true. jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
