On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 20:29 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > The Friday 2007-09-21 at 13:12 -0500, Jeremy Figgins wrote: > > > I've seen a lot of "top" output thrown around on this topic and a bunch > > of people have touched on this issue, but let me ask this question: > > > > I'm sitting right now in front of my 1gig machine. I have my normal set > > of apps open: firefox, thunderbird, konsole, etc. How can I tell if I > > would benefit from additional RAM? What command and what output do I > > need to pay attention to? > > If you see the swap is used (in top), every day, but not just a few > kilobytes, and without having suspended the computer, then you should > benefit. > > Another indicator is if you see the ammount dedicated to "buffers" and > "cached" is small with little free memory. >
True, with top and free you'll see the amount of mem you're currently using. With smnd and someting like cacti or openNMS you can determine what has been used. Just a quick indication, if you leave a bunch of applications open (gimp, acrobat, evolution thinder/fire/bird) you might gain some speed. Remember the preloading ... For heavy complilation jobs, you'll certainly gain. (linux tries to use all mem as cache) HW -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
