Re: question : slow response

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 12:46:26PM -0400, GoijI P wrote:
> >That is not a useful indicator.  Mine says
> >
> >Filename                        Type            Size    Used    Priority
> >/dev/hda5                       partition       1028120 87336   -1
> >
> >Size is just the created size of the swap partition and is not related
> >to how heavily it is being used.  For that information, look at the
> >value under "Used".  Sometimes a more useful command is "free" which
> >reports amount of real and vitual memory being used.  And you don't
> >have to be root to run it.
> >
> >When your system starts running slowly, run the "top" command to see
> >which process(es) is consuming the most resources.  "man top" for more
> >information.  That, too, can be run by mere mortals.
> >
> >> Does not seem to be worms related.RH9.
> >
> 
> ran free:
> out of 1GB RAM on server only 23MB was free.
> after reboot almost all became free.
> memory leak?.  i never reboot my server.
> top does not show any abnormality.

That's normal.  Most of RAM gets allocated, but that won't slow you
down.  Check the usage of swap reported in the "free" command.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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