free cached memory
when I use free in command line I get: total used free shared buffers cached Mem:449300 219144 230156 0 5560 149084 -/+ buffers/cache: 64500 384800 Swap:0 0 0 my question is: there is any problem || related to the fact that my cached memory is so much occupied? and if there is, how can I free it? Thank you all!! gmorais -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: free cached memory
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 04:00:53PM +, gmorais imagined: when I use free in command line I get: total used free shared buffers cached Mem:449300 219144 230156 0 5560 149084 -/+ buffers/cache: 64500 384800 Swap:0 0 0 my question is: there is any problem || related to the fact that my cached memory is so much occupied? and if there is, how can I free it? Thank you all!! gmorais I would to a 'top', and sort by 'Memory'. You may find there is a process (or processes) that are leaking memory. If so, kill them :-) Have Fun, Raymond -- What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? (Gandhi) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: free cached memory
gmorais [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: when I use free in command line I get: total used free shared buffers cached Mem:449300 219144 230156 0 5560 149084 -/+ buffers/cache: 64500 384800 Swap:0 0 0 my question is: there is any problem || related to the fact that my cached memory is so much occupied? No; if anything, you'll see a performance improvement, since in some cases Linux can use that memory instead of going to disk. Having actual free memory would be wasting that resource. and if there is, how can I free it? You don't, but if programs actually legitimately need the data space, the kernel will shrink the cache and buffer space. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal. -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: free cached memory
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 04:00:53PM +, gmorais wrote: | when I use free in command line I get: | | total used free sharedbuffers cached | Mem:449300 219144 230156 0 5560 149084 | -/+ buffers/cache: 64500 384800 | Swap:0 0 0 | | my question is: | | there is any problem || related to the fact that my cached memory is so | much occupied? No. You paid for the memory, you might as well get your money's worth :-). | and if there is, how can I free it? When a program requests some memory, some of the disk cache will be flushed and the memory given to the program. It is not a problem, and it yields a performance advantage. -D -- If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to. -- Old Irish Saying www: http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
