I understand the concept, as I have read many documents like that. I am more interested in a real world example of how much free memory for caching is recommended for an average server.
Dan. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Mike Hoskins <[email protected]> wrote: > this is a common source of confusion and more of a linuxism...it will fill > all available memory with cache, and reclaim as needed. you can adjust it > somewhat with various sysctls. > > http://www.linuxhowtos.org/System/Linux%20Memory%20Management.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Letkeman <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 10:50 AM > To: bind-users <[email protected]> > Subject: OT: cached memory > >>Hello, >> >>Just wondering if anyone has a real world example of how much cached >>memory a server really needs? >> >>If I run the command "free -m" it shows that it is using all of the >>memory on the server and most of it is cached. I understand the >>concept and the reasoning, but what I would like to know is how much >>is a reasonable amount to have? I am assuming that if I gave this >>server 10 times the amount it would eventually cache that as well. >> >> >> total used free shared buffers >>cached >>Mem: 3017 2961 56 0 158 2434 >>-/+ buffers/cache: 368 2649 >>Swap: 5023 0 5023 >> >> >>Thanks, >>Dan. >>_______________________________________________ >>Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to >>unsubscribe from this list >> >>bind-users mailing list >>[email protected] >>https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > > _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
