Hello, On Fri, 24.02.2006 at 21:49:16 +0000, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/24/06, Gabriel George POPA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand your problem. In fact a closer analysis will > > show that there is no problem. Probably the memory you are reporting > > as filled is used for caching/memory. > > Caching RAM is space reserved for data being used by the system > currently, such as open files, right? But if the machine is just > idling why would any extra memory be used?
that's what I ask myself, too. In fact, a P4-2.4 + 1gig memory running only some 30-60 processes, the most resource intensive one currently being sshd (at most one user, remember), I don't actually see a legitimate use for all that memory. Before asking yesterday, I checked with "ps alx" to find out where that memory might have been used, but found nothing. What's even more puzzling is that today, that same machine shows 882 megs free when it hat 258 megs free yesterday. Looks like there is some "cleaning task" going on in the background (how/where?) that recovers unused memory, but I'd still like to know what on earth is going on. At least, the base system doesn't seem to be the culprit (phew!), but I should find ways to investigate my applications. TIA! Best, --Toni++
