On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 18:32:33 -0700 gene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively:
<snippage> >OK, here are the results of free and top. I can see that a lot of >memory is cached. So you're saying that the cached memory is actually >available? > > > free -m > total used free shared buffers > cached >Mem: 753 750 2 0 11 504 >-/+ buffers/cache: 234 518 >Swap: 784 0 784 > > > > top >6:29pm up 23:15, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.18, 0.15 >92 processes: 91 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped >CPU states: 6.2% user, 30.5% system, 0.0% nice, 63.1% idle >Mem: 771192K av, 768136K used, 3056K free, 116K shrd, 11384K >buff >Swap: 803176K av, 0K used, 803176K free 514912K >cached > > PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND >26307 apache 9 0 14388 14M 2872 S 0.0 1.8 0:04 httpd-perl >26302 apache 9 0 14228 13M 2876 S 0.0 1.8 0:04 httpd-perl >26301 apache 9 0 14092 13M 2876 S 0.0 1.8 0:04 httpd-perl >26303 apache 9 0 14032 13M 2872 S 0.0 1.8 0:03 httpd-perl >26306 apache 9 0 14024 13M 2876 S 0.0 1.8 0:03 httpd-perl >26319 apache 9 0 13964 13M 2868 S 0.0 1.8 0:02 httpd-perl >26305 apache 9 0 13848 13M 2872 S 0.7 1.7 0:02 httpd-perl >26311 apache 9 0 13316 13M 2876 S 0.0 1.7 0:02 httpd-perl >26312 apache 9 0 13120 12M 2868 S 0.0 1.7 0:03 httpd-perl > 2081 root 12 0 12980 12M 1848 S 5.0 1.6 28:25 server.pl >26318 apache 9 0 12836 12M 2872 S 0.0 1.6 0:02 httpd-perl > 2240 mysql 9 0 5136 5136 2168 S 0.0 0.6 0:00 mysqld > 2242 mysql 8 0 5136 5136 2168 S 0.0 0.6 0:00 mysqld > 2243 mysql 9 0 5136 5136 2168 S 0.0 0.6 0:00 mysqld > 2244 mysql 9 0 5136 5136 2168 S 0.0 0.6 0:00 mysqld > 1443 root 9 0 3888 3888 1592 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 ntpd > 1447 root 9 0 3888 3888 1592 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 ntpd > 1452 root 9 0 3888 3888 1592 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 ntpd > 1391 snort 9 0 3624 3624 1140 S 0.3 0.4 0:25 snort > 1753 xfs 9 0 3448 3448 912 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 xfs >26270 root 8 0 3180 3180 2456 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 httpd-perl > 1415 named 9 0 2912 2912 1768 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 named > 1419 named 9 0 2912 2912 1768 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 named > 1420 named 9 0 2912 2912 1768 S 0.0 0.3 0:08 named > 1425 named 9 0 2912 2912 1768 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 named > 1426 named 9 0 2912 2912 1768 S 0.0 0.3 0:01 named >26740 gene 9 0 2104 2104 1888 S 0.7 0.2 0:00 sshd >25221 gene 9 0 2036 2036 1652 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 imapsd >25222 admin 9 0 2012 2012 1648 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 imapsd >26738 root 9 0 1912 1912 1720 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 sshd >26299 apache 9 0 1788 1788 1488 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26300 apache 9 0 1788 1788 1488 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26304 apache 9 0 1784 1784 1488 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26282 apache 9 0 1756 1756 1484 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26308 apache 9 0 1748 1748 1484 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26283 apache 9 0 1744 1744 1484 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26293 apache 9 0 1744 1744 1484 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26294 apache 9 0 1744 1744 1484 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26295 apache 9 0 1744 1744 1484 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd >26298 apache 9 0 1744 1744 1484 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 httpd > 2131 root 8 0 1644 1644 1112 S 0.0 0.2 0:01 bash >26741 gene 9 0 1576 1576 1088 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 bash >26281 root 8 0 1448 1448 1272 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 httpd ====================================== Looks as if the bulk of your mem (over half a gig) is simply being cached by the system. I'm not sure that's a problem as I believe it will be released when need for apps or processes. Others, more knowledgeable might have better info for you. Mike -- "Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world." -- Kaiser Wilhelm
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