I've looked a lot of blog posts and threads and can't find someone who has the same problem as I do.
This is my system:
- Ubuntu 18.04 kernel 4.15 (headless)
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor
- 16Gb ram
- 2Gb swap
- 120Gb ssd
I read here (I also checked on linux documentation) on how to reduce swapiness and I set it to 10 (validated by cat /proc/sys/vm/swappines and was originally at 60).
But my system still fulls my ram to 39% then start swapping. Using htop it always shows 39% of ram usage and 99% of swap usage. Each reboot always reaches 39% until it starts swapping.
I'm sorry if this has been asked, but all I can find is "reduce swapiness" which I already did and doesn't look it's really working. Is there another file to edit than /etc/sysctl.conf
Thank you for your help.
sudo sysctl -a | grep swapwill show the current operating value – Charles Green Jan 08 '20 at 00:52vm.swappiness = 10. I thought that this is supposed to represent a ratio (like 10 -> 10% swap, 90% ram). – Nicolas Boisvert Jan 08 '20 at 00:55