Hi, im a little confused to say the least. I was under the impression that linux would use pretty much all your ram and put it into buffer or cache, and thats normal. It also dose not mean you have run out of ram. And that was fine. Until i started to see Sawp usage slowly creep up day by day. Dont get me wrong i know hte swap use is tiny but why is it using any at all when i have so much cache and buffer ram left? if anyone could help me out on this one that would great. yfrog. com /2dputtyj Thanks in advance, Ben