Why swap Reserved space so big?

From: han dong liang hdl <hdl_at_mx.hd.gov.cn>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:40:18 +0800

hello everyone,
  When I run a bigger a program,the console display "swap space below 10 percent free".I execute "swapon -s" display:
  Swap partition /dev/re0b (default swap):
    Allocated space: 67695 pages (528MB)
    In-use space: 4484 pages ( 6%)
    Free space: 63211 pages ( 93%)

Swap partition /dev/rz0b:
    Allocated space: 65715 pages (513MB)
    In-use space: 4397 pages ( 6%)
    Free space: 61318 pages ( 93%)


Total swap allocation:
    Allocated space: 133410 pages (1042MB)
    Reserved space: 111856 pages ( 83%)
    In-use space: 8881 pages ( 6%)
    Available space: 21554 pages ( 16%)

Why swap Reserved space so big?
"kernel tuner" file is in attach.


Received on Thu Mar 30 2000 - 00:42:26 NZST