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Post your Swappiness nubs !!!

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/post-your-swappiness-nubs.106623/

Faun
Faun Original post #1
Jan 14, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Code:
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

60


:D

*www.brunolinux.com/06-Fine_Tuning_Your_System/Swappiness.html
QwertyManiac
Jan 14, 2009 at 9:25 PM
I hardly find any difference, in setting it to 10 from 60. Then to 5. Probably cause my swap was never used so much in the first place?
Liverpool_fan
Jan 14, 2009 at 9:42 PM
I hardly find any difference, in setting it to 10 from 60. Then to 5. Probably cause my swap was never used so much in the first place?

Yes.
SWAP hardly takes place if your RAM is >= 1GB.
abhinandh
Jan 14, 2009 at 10:14 PM
40
but as qwertym said it doesnt make much of a diff ir ram >=1gig.
my swap is never used.
Quiz_Master
Jan 14, 2009 at 10:30 PM
60 (Checked earlier this morning after using Blender...)
shady_inc
Jan 16, 2009 at 9:38 PM
lol...My RAM usage hardly exceeds 300 Mb out of 1 Gb.Swap is useless for me.