swapspace problem, extra info

From: <g.j.hilbrands_at_kpn.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 15:12:43 +0200

> Hello managers,
>
> We've got an alphaserver GS140 with 4Gb internal memory and 8 Gb
> swapspace,
> configured as lazy swap. We are running 4.0-F with patchkit 1.
>
> During the last three, four weeks we've seen an almost daily increase of
> the
> used swapspace and we don't know where this is coming from. We've looked
> at
> the proces list and find the processes which where being swapped out, but
> those don't seem to be the explanation of the still growing amount of used
> swapspace.
>
> Does any of you has some tips, or has the knowledge of any tool, or
> strategy
> to monitor the swapspace in a such a way to find out which process is
> responsible for the continous growing swapspace.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Gert-Jan Hilbrands
>
Received on Mon Aug 07 2000 - 13:16:16 NZST

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