Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Memory usage; 32 bit vs 64 bit.
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:05:07
Message-Id: 4D22444A.3080205@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Memory usage; 32 bit vs 64 bit. by Alex Alexander
1 Alex Alexander wrote:
2 >
3 > Are you sure you're checking your free ram correctly? run "free" and check the buffers/cache line :)
4 >
5 > Alex | wired | sent from my i4
6 >
7 >
8
9 Yea, I don't count caches and buffers. After being up a few days, it
10 uses almost all the ram with those included. Here is the output of free
11 tho:
12
13 root@fireball / # free
14 total used free shared buffers cached
15 Mem: 4055816 3413320 642496 0 540172 1093420
16 -/+ buffers/cache: 1779728 2276088
17 Swap: 979960 148 979812
18 root@fireball / #
19
20
21 That was just taken and I been logged in for a day or so.
22
23 Dale
24
25 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Memory usage; 32 bit vs 64 bit. Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>