That system has an uptime of 8 minutes. The Linux kernel intelligently caches stuff after time, when it figures out if things are worth caching or not.
EE On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:29 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hate to suggest something silly, but I do not think that linux uses up > all the spare ram for cacheing. For example, My laptop > > :~$ top > top - 13:24:37 up 8 min, 3 users, load average: 0.67, 0.34, 0.17 > Tasks: 122 total, 1 running, 121 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > Cpu(s): 2.8%us, 2.5%sy, 0.7%ni, 47.1%id, 46.1%wa, 0.8%hi, 0.0%si, > 0.0%st > Mem: 3106824k total, 655112k used, 2451712k free, 93768k buffers > Swap: 2313320k total, 0k used, 2313320k free, 335668k cached > > I am only using about 650mb of ram here. > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> I have 2 gigs of ram and I only have about 100mb free on a weekend with > >> low traffic. > >> Can anyone make some recommendations to what I can do to reduce some of > >> the resources here? I cannot believe the machine needs that much ram. > > > > From my understanding, Linux uses up all the free ram for cacheing. So > > that is not a bad sign. It is just doing what it is supposed to do. > > > > P.V.Anthony > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
