Public bug reported:
I've noticed this on and off since starting to use Ubuntu Dapper. If my
machine is running for a while, I load a VMware image, perhaps jboss,
evolution, start and stop a few things and I end up with a situation
with 66% cache and 33% programs reported in the gnome System Monitor.
All well and good. Its what happens next thats annoying. I have 3GB of
ECC ram, If I run another application, eg Eclipse, the memory usage
starts to go up, and hits 100%, followed by an OutOfMemory problem /
crash of Eclipse. This is nothing to do with Eclipse, closing other
applications to provide more headroom allows Eclispe to run.
I would have expected the disk cache to be reclaimed fgr programs when
available ram is consumed, why is it not? Am I misreading the gnome
System Monitor.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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OS Disk cache not reclaimed on demand for programs
https://launchpad.net/bugs/88408
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