Where is my memory going?

jbruyet · 06-18-2012, 12:31 PM

Hey all, I just ran free -m and here's what I'm seeing:

Code:

root@DebSata:/home/jobee# free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3548       2743        805          0         88       2442
-/+ buffers/cache:        212       3336
Swap:         6929          0       6929

I hadn't started ANY programs; this is just idling. I did a top and sorted by memory and according to top I'm using 333.512 megabytes of RAM. SO, how do I find out why I'm using 2.7 gigabytes of RAM when I'm not running any programs?

Thanks,

Joe B

TobiSGD · 06-18-2012, 12:56 PM

All is fine, have a look here for an explanation: http://www.linuxatemyram.com/

Tinkster · 06-18-2012, 03:38 PM

Please put console text snippets in

PHP Code:



[CODE][/CODE]

tags, that way they remain readable.

jbruyet · 06-19-2012, 12:49 PM

--> TobiGSD, thanks for the link. I have to admit I DID see it on a couple of Google searches but I dismissed it as something random.

--> Tinkster, thanks for the tip. I've tried some different methods to get some columnar alignment but nothing I've tried has worked. Your edit of my original post made it look like I wanted it to look.

Thanks again guys or gals,

Joe B