Why does my system utilize swap space instead of freeing up cache and buffer memory?
Issue
- Why does my system utilize swap space instead of freeing up cache and buffer memory?
- What is the impact of scaling up and down the value of "swappiness"?
- Why am I getting out of memory while swap is unused?
- Why swap is not being used or under used?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) All versions
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