Re: swapping to death (2.2.x)

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Thu, 6 May 1999 14:25:23 +0100 (BST)


Hi,

On Sat, 1 May 1999 11:16:53 +0200 (MET DST), David Monniaux
<monniaux@clipper.ens.fr> said:

> It is very brutal: the transition between almost no swapping and this
> phenomenon takes place in a second.

The output from a running "vmstat 1" when this happens would be most
useful.

--Stephen

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