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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Free memory issue
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:57:03
Message-Id: 20090816185659.GC4813@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Free memory issue by Raul Gonzales
1 090816 Raul Gonzales wrote:
2 > I have a 2G of physical RAM but even without any major activity
3 > output of free,vmstat and top reports only ~64M free.
4 >
5 > free -m
6 > total used free shared buffers cached
7 > Mem: 1953 1888 65 0 143 1557
8 > -/+ buffers/cache: 187 1765
9 > Swap: 2055 0 2055
10
11 The crucial figure is '187', which is what is usable.
12 You have a lot of something cached: any idea what it might be ?
13 -- the kernel should delete that stuff, if it needs the space.
14
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Re: [gentoo-user] Free memory issue Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Free memory issue Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>