linux hogging memory

Dhananjay Makwana makwana at semandex.net
Thu Jun 3 18:12:35 UTC 2004


> 
> 1) What does free -m tell you?

[root at backup root]# free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers    cached
Mem:           374         83        291          0          8       41
-/+ buffers/cache:         33        341
Swap:         1027          0       1027



> 2) Is your box swapping? (run 'vmstat 1' and if si and so numbers are 
> non zero)

nope, the box is not swapping. 
The si and so numbers are zero. 

> 3) The linux 2.4 kernel uses as much memory as it can and usually most 
> of that memory is for caches...as free -m will tell you, you do not have 
> to worry since cache memory is reduced immediately when programs need 
> memory.
> 

As suggested by Dave on this thread, I am going to upgrade the kernel on
the box. But a post from Alan suggests a possible bug in slocate. 






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