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How can I find out processes are using swap space?
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Mar 15, 202629583 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a linux server top reports about 9GB of swap used: But I cannot figure where's it use swap, some google results said that top - commad follow by will show swap usage by process. But as shown in the above image, taking a brief sum of the SWAP column shows that > 10GB of swap is used, so where…
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It is possible that multiple programs will be using the same swap area, so it will be reported twice. There is no need to try to tell Linux to use the buffered area instead of swap--it's already very smart about what it's doing. If you're using 9gb …
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