RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-11-14 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
about free/used memory on Linux Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi Vaidy, > What do you think is the right way to get the memory usage of a > process, I mean the actual physical memory used ? Basically, I'm > interested in the incremental cost of a process, which means, I d

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-11-14 Thread Pádraig Brady
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi Vaidy, > What do you think is the right way to get the memory usage of a > process, I mean the actual physical memory used ? Basically, > I'm interested in the incremental cost of a process, which > means, I don't want to include the text segments of

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-11-14 Thread Pádraig Brady
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi Vaidy, What do you think is the right way to get the memory usage of a process, I mean the actual physical memory used ? Basically, I'm interested in the incremental cost of a process, which means, I don't want to include the text segments of shared

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-11-14 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
about free/used memory on Linux Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi Vaidy, What do you think is the right way to get the memory usage of a process, I mean the actual physical memory used ? Basically, I'm interested in the incremental cost of a process, which means, I don't want to include

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-11-13 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
TED] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:50 PM To: Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi Vaidy, > Thanks for clarifying several of my doubts. > > To answer your question abou

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-11-13 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
10:50 PM To: Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi Vaidy, Thanks for clarifying several of my doubts. To answer your question about my intention, we currently have a system with 2 GB RAM

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
, Ravi -Original Message- From: Pádraig Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 3:05 AM To: Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi kernel gurus, > I am

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread linux-os (Dick Johnson)
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi Vaidy, > Thanks for clarifying several of my doubts. > > To answer your question about my intention, we currently have a > system with 2 GB RAM and I need to find out the actual used and > free memory so that we can decide if the

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Helge Hafting
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi Vaidy, Thanks for clarifying several of my doubts. To answer your question about my intention, we currently have a system with 2 GB RAM and I need to find out the actual used and free memory so that we can decide if the same setup(applications, tmpfs

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Pádraig Brady
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi kernel gurus, > I am trying to find out the memory that's used on my linux box. > I find that there are quite a few confusing metrics. How do > I find out the "true" used memory ? > > 1. For eg. "free -m" shows free memory (excluding buffers/caches) > as

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
Hi Vaidy, I will use the metric you have suggested. Thanks, Ravi -Original Message- From: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:50 PM To: Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
Hi Vaidy, I will use the metric you have suggested. Thanks, Ravi -Original Message- From: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:50 PM To: Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Pádraig Brady
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi kernel gurus, I am trying to find out the memory that's used on my linux box. I find that there are quite a few confusing metrics. How do I find out the true used memory ? 1. For eg. free -m shows free memory (excluding buffers/caches) as 308 MB

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Helge Hafting
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi Vaidy, Thanks for clarifying several of my doubts. To answer your question about my intention, we currently have a system with 2 GB RAM and I need to find out the actual used and free memory so that we can decide if the same setup(applications, tmpfs

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread linux-os (Dick Johnson)
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi Vaidy, Thanks for clarifying several of my doubts. To answer your question about my intention, we currently have a system with 2 GB RAM and I need to find out the actual used and free memory so that we can decide if the same

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
, Ravi -Original Message- From: Pádraig Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 3:05 AM To: Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi kernel gurus, I am trying

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-21 Thread Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi Vaidy, > Thanks for clarifying several of my doubts. > > To answer your question about my intention, we currently have a > system with 2 GB RAM and I need to find out the actual used and > free memory so that we can decide if the same

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-21 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
day, October 21, 2007 12:01 PM To: Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi kernel gurus, > I am trying to find out the memory that's used on my linux box. > I find that there are quite a f

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-21 Thread Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > Hi kernel gurus, > I am trying to find out the memory that's used on my linux box. > I find that there are quite a few confusing metrics. How do > I find out the "true" used memory ? pagecache pages may be the reason for the confusion. Most free memory can

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-21 Thread Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi kernel gurus, I am trying to find out the memory that's used on my linux box. I find that there are quite a few confusing metrics. How do I find out the true used memory ? pagecache pages may be the reason for the confusion. Most free memory can be

RE: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-21 Thread Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi kernel gurus, I am trying to find out the memory that's used on my linux box. I find that there are quite a few confusing metrics. How do I find out the true used

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-21 Thread Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi Vaidy, Thanks for clarifying several of my doubts. To answer your question about my intention, we currently have a system with 2 GB RAM and I need to find out the actual used and free memory so that we can decide if the same setup(applications,