Re: Newbie questions...

[Mike Touloumtzis <miket bluemug com>]

On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 03:37:44PM -0000, Wysong Richard C SrA 85 GP/CP wrote:
>
> Wow, thanks. I'll try that. I'm still kind of wondering though...I always
> thought linux was supposed to be more efficient than NT (I was thinking more
> speed since it's 64-bit and all). I thought I'd get more processor power out
> of linux...just not so? With 96 megs o ram, will it leap past NT with 96
> megs?
> 

In general, percentage of memory in use in not a good indicator of
efficiency.  Free RAM is wasted RAM, so the system should be using pages
that aren't in use by processes for buffers and pagecache.  The real
question is how well it balances these factors, and how quickly it can
throw buffers overboard when your process RSS increases quickly.

miket