Re: too much used memory

[Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, sabrina lautier wrote:

> I'm running a linux (redhat 6.2) box.
> I don't really understand the results of the 'top'
> command : the % of memory used per process is very low
>  but nevertheless the memory is fully used !!

The memory which is not used by programs is used as a disk
cache by the Linux kernel. The moment the memory is needed
again for programs, the cache will be freed and the memory
will be used for the programs.

linux-mm-www/kernelnewbies: anyone up to making an FAQ ?

regards,

Rik
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