<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:10 PM, jansenj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jansenj%2Bmyth@gmail.com">jansenj+myth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">> When it happens, run 'free' to see how much swap is being used.<br>
> I have 4gb of ram and I never use swap.<br>
<br>
</div>Swap does get used at times, but is on the same disk as root and mysql<br>
database. Do I really need more ram for the activity I am trying?</blockquote><div><br>I guess really the question is, what problem are you trying to solve? Looking back at the OP, you didn't say you had any problems, just didn't like the "head thrashing". Obvious answers for your 1 disk situation is to buy more disks and spread the load.<br>
<br></div></div>Kevin<br></div>