On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:

> [zeus@localhost zeus]$ cat /proc/meminfo
>         total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
> Mem:  97861632 61251584 36610048 11558912 12476416 34770944
> Swap: 125886464  3244032 122642432
> MemTotal:     95568 kB
> MemFree:      35752 kB
> MemShared:    11288 kB
> Buffers:      12184 kB
> Cached:       33956 kB
> SwapTotal:   122936 kB
> SwapFree:    119768 kB
> 
> -------==-----------
> 
> [zeus@localhost zeus]$ free
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:         95568      60152      35416      12696      12184      33956
> -/+ buffers/cache:      14012      81556
> Swap:       122936       3168     119768
> [zeus@localhost zeus]$
> 
> Is this telling me that 60megs of my 96meg has been used.......and if so
> what would be taking it up?
>

UNIX is a OS that loves to cache, so must memory is used for caching. The
kernel will manage this itself, so no need to worry. This is normal.

> Michael S. Dunsavage



                Igmar


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