[NTLUG:Discuss] Memory

[Joey_Berry@compusa.com]

The line -/+ buffers/cache: 16048 thats free & 241472 that is cached.




"George E. Lass" <George.Lass at osc.com> on 06/02/2000 01:10:05 PM

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Joey_Berry at compusa.com wrote:
>
>       My machine running RH 6.2 has 256M. of memory however after the machine
>       has been up for a few days most of the memory is used and the machine is
>       starting to use swap space. In top the only apps showing that are using
>       mem. are top, bash, mingetty, and pump. What can I do or check for to
>       improve the memory usage?
>
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When you run free, what does the line starting with

-/+ buffers:

show? Perhaps your memory is being used by kernel buffers.

George

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... Unix IS a user friendly O/S ...
(It's just picky about its friends)

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