this is a common source of confusion and more of a linuxism...it will fill all available memory with cache, and reclaim as needed. you can adjust it somewhat with various sysctls.
http://www.linuxhowtos.org/System/Linux%20Memory%20Management.htm -----Original Message----- From: Dan Letkeman <danletke...@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 10:50 AM To: bind-users <bind-users@lists.isc.org> Subject: OT: cached memory >Hello, > >Just wondering if anyone has a real world example of how much cached >memory a server really needs? > >If I run the command "free -m" it shows that it is using all of the >memory on the server and most of it is cached. I understand the >concept and the reasoning, but what I would like to know is how much >is a reasonable amount to have? I am assuming that if I gave this >server 10 times the amount it would eventually cache that as well. > > > total used free shared buffers >cached >Mem: 3017 2961 56 0 158 2434 >-/+ buffers/cache: 368 2649 >Swap: 5023 0 5023 > > >Thanks, >Dan. >_______________________________________________ >Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to >unsubscribe from this list > >bind-users mailing list >bind-users@lists.isc.org >https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
