You currently have 6GB defined... ~40% of that is 2.4GB. I would try dropping 
the Linux memory to around 4GB, and maybe add some swap space.

Ray 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On 
> Behalf Of Rogério Soares
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 4:09 PM
> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Reducing Linux virtual machine size
> 
> Ray, please check this:
> 
> db2p105:~ # free -m
>              total       used       free     shared    
> buffers     cached
> Mem:          6025       4285       1739          0         
> 16       4045
> -/+ buffers/cache:        223       5801
> Swap:            0          0          0
> db2p105:~ # ps -eo pmem | awk '{pmem += $1}; END {print "pmem 
> = "pmem"%"}';
> pmem = 39.4%
> 
> With this, i can say, this machine needs  +/-   2GB ?
> this machine runs DB2... i'm a little confuse with this because system
> requeriments for db2 ask a minimum of 3GB...
> 
> thanks for help!
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Mrohs, Ray 
> <ray.mr...@usdoj.gov> wrote:
> > Start up all your Linux procs and then run this little script.
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > ps -eo pmem | awk '{pmem += $1}; END {print "pmem = "pmem"%"}';
> >
> > It will give you a ballpark percentage of current memory 
> utilization.
> > I tuned some Apache/ftp servers down to 100M with no ill effects.
> >
> > Ray Mrohs
> > U.S. Department of Justice
> > 202-307-6896
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On
> >> Behalf Of Bruce Furber
> >> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:01 AM
> >> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> >> Subject: Reducing Linux virtual machine size
> >>
> >> Can someone recommend a how to procedure for  monitoring a
> >> zLinux machine to determine how much to reduce a machines
> >> virtual memory?
> >>
> >> Getting permission to schedule time to log a machines off is
> >> very difficult so I have to be confident I have it right.
> >>
> >> 
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