Swap memory of Panorama M-Series appliance is 100% (fully utilized)
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Created On 04/01/19 15:46 PM - Last Modified 04/16/19 00:10 AM
Symptom
- Swap Memory of Panorama M-Series appliance is full (100% utilized)
- No memory leak.
- System functionality and performance is not impacted, but still swap memory is full.
Mem: 132075232k total, 109593240k used, 22481992k free, 5321120k buffers Swap: 7996k total, 7996k used, 0k free, 93847744k cached <<<<<<<< all swap memory used.
Environment
Panorama M-Series appliance
- M-100
- M-200
- M-500
- M-600
Cause
Panorama M-Series appliance only has 8MB in swap area.
Resolution
- M-Series appliance is a 64bit system with 128gb of memory and high virtual memory usage is not an issue in 64-bit systems.
- Panorama M-Series appliances only has 8MB in swap area, thus 100% usage is normal and should not be a concern.
- It is the Kernel to decide when to put some process memory into swap area, it may be expected if this user process memory is inactive for too long.