RAM usage problem in Fedora 3
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Fri May 6 12:29:51 UTC 2005
Vendra, Hari Prasad V V P Ch S (Hari Prasad) wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using Fedora 3 Kernel 2.6.9-1.667
> without running any user applications
> the RAM usage is increasing in a short time.
> My machine has 512MB RAM.
> I am using "top" command for checking
> RAM usage. Any suggestions please
The kernel will use all available memory for buffer and cache space,
releasing this memory when needed by apps. To see how much memory you're
actually using, use the "free" command and look at the line starting
with "-/+ buffers/cache" in the output.
Paul.
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