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# 8  
Old 07-24-2011
Code:
root@ecovs1a # swap -s
total: 4546056k bytes allocated + 358856k reserved = 4904912k used, 5046688k available

available swap space = 5046688k
used swap space = 4904912k
total swap size = 9951600k (sum of the previous numbers).
# 9  
Old 07-25-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
Code:
root@ecovs1a # swap -s
total: 4546056k bytes allocated + 358856k reserved = 4904912k used, 5046688k available

available swap space = 5046688k
used swap space = 4904912k
total swap size = 9951600k (sum of the previous numbers).
So that means only the o/p from "
Code:
swap -s

" should be used for swap calculation..
Then please also let me know what
Code:
swap -l

signifies?
# 10  
Old 07-25-2011
Code:
root@ecovs1a # swap -l
swapfile             dev  swaplo blocks   free
/dev/md/dsk/d31     85,31     16 8395184 8395184

You physical swap area size is (8395184*512=) 4 GB, and it is currently not used, i.e. all memory allocations fit in RAM.
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