"collect" utility swap use reporting inaccurate?

From: Reed, Judith (jreed_at_navisite.com)
Date: 10/07/03

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    Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 09:26:41 -0400
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    G'day, tru64 folks. I have a question about the ability of "collect -s
    pm" under tru64 v5.1a, patch kit 2, to correctly report swap use. I've
    been collecting data for several weeks on a system that uses lazy swap.
    The "Swap" memory statistic *always* sits at 67! This statistic is
    defined as the amount of swap *available* in MB, in the man page. The
    system in question has 8GB of memory and 8GB of swap, and I watch memory
    go down to about 100MB, never lower, but that 67 figure is constant!
    Also, the "SW" figure of pages/sec swapped never goes over 0, indicating
    it is not swapping at all.

    Anyone have any insight into whether there is a problem with the way
    collect looks at swap?

    TIA!

    Judith Reed
    jreed@navisite.com
    "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
    safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin

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