Hi Yongsheng, the meaning of cached/buffered depends on the architecture. If you are on Linux, "cached" describes the amount of memory that is used for the page cache, which usually means the pages used to speed up IO operations. It will not go down, unless all there is "pressure" for memory from other applications.
"buffered" (In Linux) counts the pages used for filesystem meta-data (like directories). Cheers Martin --- "Zhao, Yongsheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > When my application is running, the "Memory cached" is going up all > the way > to the top. And it does not return when the application is done. Any > one know > what is the "Memory cached" exactly, also what is "Memory buffered"? > Thanks. > > Yongsheng > > - > ------------------------------------------------------ Martin Knoblauch email: k n o b i AT knobisoft DOT de www: http://www.knobisoft.de
