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From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1 and swapping ?
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 94 19:25:33 -0500
Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice)
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X-To: Steve Ratliff <stever@csuohio.edu>

Steve Ratliff <stever@csuohio.edu> writes:
 
>: Will this behaviour be the same in 1.1 or is there another way to go if
>: swap-space is 100% used ? 
>[deleted]
>	1.1 and later now will kill off a process requesting more vm
>when swap is gone.  Some people seem to hate this behavior.  I
>personally am more pragmatic and like my system to do whatever is
>needed to remain running instead of hanging or panic-ing.
>
 
Also, newer versions of FreeBSD are more efficient in swap space utlization
and have some bugs fixed that CAN help keep you from running out of
space.  Versions 1.1B and 1.1 overestimate the swap space used in
the swapinfo command, so if you are running high, it does not necessarily
mean that you are running out of space.
 
John
dyson@implode.root.com