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Old 06-17-2013, 09:33 AM   #1
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Question about Swapp space


Hello there!
Look. I have a server running Fedora 8.

I was installing an application and now I notice, the system is using the Swapp space.

My question is. This can make the server run slow or even frezee?

Check my image: I'm using 80 Megas. I have 431 Megas free.

But... What will happen to my server when the Swapp gets 100% Full?

That's normally? It will affect my server performance?
 
Old 06-17-2013, 09:58 AM   #2
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not necessary for these swapped pages may have low activity
 
Old 06-17-2013, 12:15 PM   #3
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Pero deberia preocuparme por eso?
Osea, puede que mi servidor experimente fallas?
 
Old 06-17-2013, 12:24 PM   #4
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Generally, you want your swap space to be twice that of your physical ram. Doing the math based on what you've posted your swap size is 512MB? Is your ram 256? Maybe a bit too small, although you can run linux comfortably on ram less than 1GB, it may be too little for a server (depends on what kind of server though).

My poor spanish + translator...hopefully makes sense...
En general, desea que su swap a ser el doble del ram física. Hacer las matemáticas en base a lo que ha publicado su tamaño de swap es de 512 MB, ¿correcto? ¿Así su memoria ram física está cerca de 256MB o más, verdad? Aunque linux puede funcionar cómodamente en RAM a menos de 1GB, quizás es demasiado pequeño para un servidor.
 
Old 06-17-2013, 12:58 PM   #5
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Short answer: No, it shouldn't cause any problems.

Think of your swap like extra desk-space for your computer. If the computer has too much on its mind, it might put some of it down for a while so it can come back to it. There is no solid rule but most people like to give their computer enough desk space to set-aside what its thinking about two times.

If you have no desk space, the computer can't work on more than it can remember at once. If you only have a little desk-space, that might help but it can also be a waste of time. If the desk is too big, the computer has to reach further when its coming back to retrieve information. Too much or too little might cause unneccessary complication but I've never heard of it causing a problem.

Using swap space is perfectly normal and helps your system run more efficiently. Your swap partition should be 2Xmemory in size. If your computer has enough memory to run everything you need it to run, it may not use the swap much at all. If it does use it, the kernel knows how to manage the space so it won't reach >100% usage.
 
Old 06-17-2013, 08:29 PM   #6
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Also, F8 is way out of date (think they're on F18 or so).
Means you won't get any updates and it will have lots of unfixed security holes.
 
  


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