I've got 768MB of RAM (1x256 + 1x512), and from the top output below, it looks like only 447MB is being used.
On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 12:33, Ben Sparks wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > How much RAM do you have. I just don't mount swap unless I know I'll be > doing something that requires a ton a memory. I have 512mb and don't > use the swap unless I need it. > > Daniel Carrera wrote: > > |I don't know why, but I know that this is normal behaviour. > | > |What you will notice is that Linux will use a small ammount of swap from > |the beginning, but it won't use much until actually you run out of RAM. > | > |Perhaps someone else knows the rationale behind this. > | > |Daniel. > | > | > |On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 11:39:06AM -0800, Doug Gorley wrote: > | > |>G'day list. Here's the header output from top: > |> > |>---------- > |> 11:38:03 up 18:02, 3 users, load average: 0.13, 0.08, 0.02 > |>104 processes: 102 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped > |>CPU states: 7.7% user, 1.4% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% iowait, 90.8% > |>idle > |>Mem: 775460k av, 709540k used, 65920k free, 0k shrd, 318648k > |>buff > |> 447528k active, 191944k inactive > |>Swap: 498004k av, 6952k used, 491052k free 207392k > |>cached > |>---------- > |> > |>So, my question is, if I've got 191MB of inactive memory, why is my > |>computer using 7MB of swap space? > |> > |>Thanks, > |> > |>-- > |>Doug Gorley | [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP Key ID: 0xA221559B > |>Fingerprint: D707 DB92 E64B 69DA B8C7 2F65 C5A9 5415 A221 559B > |>Interested in public-key cryptography? http://www.gnupg.org/ > |> > |> > |> > |>-- > |>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > |> > | > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+a6UoyJBq97+CQrERAuuKAJ0f7hOpi2NodpOetnYEf0tKsnO00wCeJAAG > ZvfPpzq61MJaQ/iZEQMS8eA= > =O21Q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Doug Gorley | [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP Key ID: 0xA221559B Fingerprint: D707 DB92 E64B 69DA B8C7 2F65 C5A9 5415 A221 559B Interested in public-key cryptography? http://www.gnupg.org/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
