Re: [cobalt-users] Strange Memory problem

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 15 December 2002 01:25, Bruce Timberlake wrote:
>
> > Everyday, when I type the command "free -tm" I could see 4Mb
> > Free...So I decided to add 512Mb of memory to correct that problem.
> >
> > My problem: After I added the memory, I still end up with 4 and 12
> > Mb of free ram! But when I reboot, I get 520 Mb free...Has the day
> > goes on, I lose more memory. I don't think it's normal to do 4
> > reboots per day. Do you have an idea?
>
> How much is cached? It's normal for Linux to keep more and more
> content in cache, reducing "free" memory to almost nothing. It's
> always faster to try and serve data from memory than retrieve it from
> the disk...
>
> You see lots of free memory right after a reboot as nothing has been
> placed into the cache yet.

try running 'free'
will  tell you how much actual free memory is available
look at the line  -/+ buffers/cache:

Gerald
-- 
http://frontstreetnetworks.com         http://raqware.com
Front Street Networks LLC   |  Phone: 203-785-0699
229 Front Street, Ste C, New Haven, CT 06513-3203