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Old 11-09-2007, 11:39 AM   #1
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Arrow Memory usage - quick question


Just a quickie.....

When I look at memory usage using

Code:
free -m
I can see:

Total: 503
Used: 150
Free: 352
Shared: 0
Buffers: 4
Cached: 133

This is purely a text based install with nothing running - am I right in thinking that the actual amout of RAM free is FREE + BUFFERS + CACHED? = 489Mb
 
Old 11-09-2007, 12:05 PM   #2
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Nope, USED+FREE (150+352=502)
 
Old 11-09-2007, 12:11 PM   #3
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cashed is one on cpu chip it self.

Your system have privilege to use it only.
I think.
 
Old 11-09-2007, 12:12 PM   #4
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I believe when it says free thats what it means, in your case you have 352mb of free memory. The Buffers: 4 Cached: 133 is a brake down of the Used: 150

You can also take a look at the top command or vmstat and get a idea of memory usage.
 
Old 11-09-2007, 12:12 PM   #5
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Nope, USED+FREE (150+352=502)
yes, dont get too exited. hehe you only have what you paid for.
just kidding.
 
Old 11-09-2007, 12:14 PM   #6
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Worded that wrongly - how do i see how much is actually being used by processes? There is nothing running using 150mb! This is a bare bones install
 
Old 11-09-2007, 02:16 PM   #7
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As for what is available for applications to use, you can sum up the "free" and "cached", at least.
Portions from "cached" will be handed over to applications if you're getting low on "free".

Last edited by PMorph; 11-09-2007 at 02:17 PM.
 
Old 11-09-2007, 03:18 PM   #8
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Worded that wrongly - how do i see how much is actually being used by processes? There is nothing running using 150mb! This is a bare bones install
Code:
ps aux| awk ' $6 ~ /[0-9]+/ {total+=$5} END{print total/1024}'
That adds up the resident memory sizes of processes.



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