You may checkout using "free -m" and may see how much memory is cache.
If you are using RHEL, you may clear cache using below commands. sync; echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; sync Though this is going to release some memory from the cache, it may fill up the cache again. Regards, Ninad Shah On Thu, 2 Sept 2021 at 20:41, M Tarkeshwar Rao < m.tarkeshwar....@ericsson.com> wrote: > Can you please suggest few commands? > > > > Regards > > Tarkeshwar > > > > *From:* Ninad Shah <nshah.postg...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 2, 2021 8:30 PM > *To:* M Tarkeshwar Rao <m.tarkeshwar....@ericsson.com> > *Cc:* pgsql-gene...@postgresql.org > *Subject:* Re: memory consumption of memory for postgres db container > > > > No need to worry. This isn't really a concern. > > > > No operating system releases memory upon using it, but caches it once the > program finishes. This actually saves time as memory blocks can be > allocated in less time than loading new blocks. > > However, if it's required to release memory, it can be performed via a few > commands. > > > > > > Regards, > > Ninad Shah > > > > On Thu, 2 Sept 2021 at 20:05, M Tarkeshwar Rao < > m.tarkeshwar....@ericsson.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We did a stability test for our product, where we continuously inserting > data into postgres tables. We did this for three days continuously. > > Memory utilization of our Postgres container continuously increasing. > > > > > > Can you please provide us the clue why it is not constant and continuously > increasing? > > > > Regards > > Tarkeshwar > >
