30min_ram_swapped_out

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30min_ram_swapped_out

If the system needs more memory resources than your available RAM, inactive pages in memory can be
moved into the swap space (or swap file). The swap space (or swap file) is located on hard drives, which have a slower access time than physical memory.

The Netdata Agent calculates the percentage of the system RAM swapped in the last 30 minutes.

This alert is triggered in warning state if the percentage of the system RAM swapped in is more than
30%.

OS: Linux

Troubleshooting section:

You can find the most resource greedy processes in your system, but if you receive this alert many
times you must consider upgrade your system’s RAM.

Find the processes that consume the most RAM
  1. Use top to see the top RAM consumers
    root@netdata~ # top -b -o +%MEM | head -n 22

Here, you can see which processes are the main RAM consumers on the %MEM column (it is calculated
in percentage). It would be wise to close/kill any of the main consumer processes that you do not
need to avoid thrashing, though Netdata strongly suggests knowing exactly what processes you are closing
and being certain that they are not necessary.

OS: FreeBSD

Troubleshooting section:

You can find the most resource greedy processes in your system, but if you receive this alert many
times you must consider upgrade your system’s RAM.

Find the processes that consume the most RAM
  1. Use top to see the top RAM consumers
    root@netdata~ # top -b -o res | head -n 22

Here, you can see which processes are the main RAM consumers on the RES column (calculated in
bytes). It would be wise to close/kill any of the main consumer processes that you do not need
to avoid thrashing, though Netdata strongly suggests knowing exactly what processes you are closing
and being certain that they are not necessary.