You should always disable swap on server machines. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Donna Li <donna...@utstar.com> wrote: > > > Hello all: > > Does cassandra use swap size? why the physical memory is 1200932k free , but > swap size is 31472k used. My cassandra server is 32 bit and DiskAccessMode > is standard. > > > > top - 09:58:58 up 17 days, 17:54, 10 users, load average: 0.05, 0.08, 0.08 > > Tasks: 76 total, 2 running, 74 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > > Cpu(s): 0.3% us, 0.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 95.3% id, 0.0% wa, 4.3% hi, 0.0% si > > Mem: 2074776k total, 873844k used, 1200932k free, 231872k buffers > > Swap: 3911736k total, 31472k used, 3880264k free, 386028k cached > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ > COMMAND > > 27097 root 22 0 705m 146m 6368 S 0.3 7.2 0:18.48 > java > > 11984 root 16 0 382m 43m 2668 S 0.0 2.2 0:00.11 > psi > > 2430 root 19 0 408m 28m 3184 S 0.0 1.4 0:08.04 > java > > Best Regards > > Donna li
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