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Hi Mattl, Thanks a bunch for taking the time to read and respond to my questions, much appreciated. Cheers.
A good way to minimize swapping is to adjust the swappiness setting and set it to something low. I have it set to 10 so it won't start swapping out until RAM reaches 90% utilization. Edit or add (if it's not there): vm.swappiness = 10 ...to /etc/sysctl.conf. You can change "10" to whatever works for you. The number is the percentage of free RAM before it starts swapping. You can also change it on the fly with: sysctl…
Hi Microwavecamera, thanks for the information, appreciated. Cheers