swap on FC1

[jludwig]

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 at comcast.net>