On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:49:34 -0800, Grant wrote: > > $ free > > total used free shared buffers > > cached Mem: 1028164 928764 99400 0 > > 28228 468768 -/+ buffers/cache: 431768 596396 > > Swap: 1556168 210476 1345692 > > That looks like the exact same info top gives me. I have 2GB in my > server and I'm trying to figure out if I could get away with 1GB > without swapping. Is there a tool that can help me figure that out?
The second line shows the usage without caches/buffers. If you want to see what your system would be like with 1G, use the mem=1024 option on the kernel line in GRUB. Run the system for a while and monitor swap usage. -- Neil Bothwick Everybody needs a little love sometime; stop hacking and fall in love!
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