Re: Determining free memory on FreeBSD 4.8-REL

2004-02-13 Thread Uwe Doering
Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:28:34PM -0600, dap wrote: How do I determine if my FreeBSD is actually low on memory not? And what is Inact? I did read the manpages, but even they seem to skirt how I should view Inact vs. Free. (I did read the tuning manpage.) Let's say I have this:

Re: Determining free memory on FreeBSD 4.8-REL

2004-02-13 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:28:34PM -0600, dap wrote: > I know this question has been asked, but the answers I find tend to be along > the lines of "Well, it's complicated." It *is* a bit complicated, in part because it depends on how you define "free memory". > > How do I determine if my FreeBSD

Determining free memory on FreeBSD 4.8-REL

2004-02-13 Thread dap
I know this question has been asked, but the answers I find tend to be along the lines of "Well, it's complicated." How do I determine if my FreeBSD is actually low on memory not? And what is Inact? I did read the manpages, but even they seem to skirt how I should view Inact vs. Free. (I did read