Swap - forcing Swap

[Mo Pringles]

René L. Reingard schreef:

>
> hello,
> today i see first time that the 'Systemmonitor' in a panel can be 
> expanded  into different branches, like Processor, RAM, Network, ... 
> Ubuntu is  allways new!
> now i also see that the RAM (Pentium 3 with 256MB RAM) is allready 
> with  the simple desktop used to a high percentage (like 80%) and if 
> greater  processes are going on, RAM usage goes up that 100% (Cache 
> then around 40  to 60%).
> BUT the Swap Partition is not used at all (in the beginning) and goes 
> to a  use of 25% after 15 minutes of heavy work (like Scanning the 
> harddisk).
>
> how the usage of the Swap can be forced - as the RAM is anyway 
> allways  used by around 80%.
>
> thank you for answering,
> regards,
> René
>
I am not an expert, but since RAM is much faster than your HD, it's that 
your system is using your RAM up to an 100% score. RAM should always 
prevail your system's Swap.

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Regards,

Mo