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Re: swapping

On Sunday, 3. November 2002 03:09, you wrote:
> On 2 Nov 2002, Nishant Sharma wrote:
> > pages only under memory pressure. If the mem
> > consumption is less than the onboard ram then i suppose
> > no swapping should take place. Am i right here ???
>
> Yes.
>
> > What will be the scenario like if i dont specify a swap
> > device at all ?
>
> The system will reclaim file-backed cache memory.

Does it mean it takes a file (i.e. somewhere in /tmp ) for swapping ?


What can I do to stop swapping at all ?

TIA,

Franz

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