| 2. switch the free output in bytes/kb/mb/gb | #free -b | #free -k | #free -m | #free -g | The '#' prompt signifies that the user is 'root'. You don't need to be a root user to run the 'free' command. -- W.r.t free command, another useful thing could be proc_sys_vm_drop_caches
http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_drop_caches.html I still see many Sawp twice the RAM, but now I find the best way to go is swap = ram, and swappiness is zero. Adding in more physical memory suits high memory usage best, of course. An example in Ubuntu is at http://askubuntu.com/questions/103915/how-do-i-configure-swappiness my two cents on memory monitoring. Mahadevan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
