On 2/15/07, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wednesday 14 February 2007, brullo nulla wrote:
> > Most likely you only looked at user cpu % and neglected to list the
> > system and niced times as well.
> >
> > p.s. golden rule: ps lies. top lies. free lies.
> > Don't believe the readings they give, rather interpret them in
> > context.
>
> sob. it's not the first time I hear this. What should I believe to
> really know my system state?
You should use ps, top and free of course! Just realize that they lie...
Seeing this thread reminded me of a blog article I saw on Virtual
Threads a while back...
http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html
He does a pretty good job of explaining where top gets its numbers and
how to properly interpret them. HTH
-mike
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