Re: encrypted swap file

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: encrypted swap file
Date	2015-10-08 20:41 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-10-08, John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
> On 10/7/15 11:01 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
>>> On 10/7/15 8:24 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-08, John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not seeing it now.  I have no swap files, although there are 326
>>>>> pageins.
>>>>
>>>> Pageins don't decrease performance. Pageouts, on the other hand...
>>>
>>> Darn, why can't I type what I mean!  I meant pageouts.  Now it's 50,000,
>>> but still no swap file.  Where do pageouts go?
>>
>> 50,000 is pretty high. How long has it been up since the last time this
>> machine was rebooted? How much RAM is installed in the machine?
>
> I have 4 GB.  I rebooted yesterday.  By the time I shut down, I had 30 
> MB in a 1GB encrypted swap file, and no problem.
>
> I restarted today.  There's no swap file, but pageouts have climbed to 
> 1048.  Is it buggy reporting?

Pageouts are an indication that you are running stuff that demands more
RAM than you have available. If you see this pattern continue, and want
to improve performance, you should add more RAM to the machine.

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encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-07 16:53 -0400
  Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 21:12 +0000
    Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-07 18:35 -0400
      Re: encrypted swap file Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 16:39 -0700
        Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-07 20:01 -0400
          Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 00:24 +0000
            Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-07 21:51 -0400
              Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 03:01 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 16:23 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 20:41 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 17:47 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 22:00 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 18:19 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file billy@MIX.COM - 2015-10-08 23:40 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 20:00 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-08 20:06 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 20:35 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 17:34 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-09 18:41 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 15:29 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-09 14:31 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 18:42 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 18:44 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-10 10:09 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-11 02:06 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-09 14:09 +1300
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 22:00 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 15:29 +0000
          Re: encrypted swap file Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 17:44 -0700
            Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-07 22:01 -0400
              Re: encrypted swap file Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 19:09 -0700
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 16:13 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-08 16:44 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 16:49 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-08 16:51 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 16:56 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-08 17:52 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-08 19:51 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 17:34 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 21:49 +0000
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 18:22 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 16:42 -0700
                Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 20:07 -0400
                Re: encrypted swap file Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 17:43 -0700
                Re: encrypted swap file Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 16:54 -0700
      Re: encrypted swap file Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 00:22 +0000
        Re: encrypted swap file John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-07 21:58 -0400

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