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Yes, this is how you're supposed to read memory usage in 'top' and 'free'. One must substract caches and buffers from the 'free memory' value. A lot of people r
by FooBarWidget 14y ago
Yes, this is how you're supposed to read memory usage in 'top' and 'free'. One must substract caches and buffers from the 'free memory' value. A lot of people read the values wrong and think that they're running out of memory.
- redblacktree 14y agoObviously there is the man page, but could you explain that a little more fully? (or link to something that does) I think I may have been misreading the numbers, but I don't quite follow your recommended approach.
- heiska 14y agohttp://www.linuxatemyram.com http://www.linuxatemyram.com explains it.
- redblacktree 14y agoThanks! Exactly what I needed and entertaining too!