Red Hat ES Memory Management Question

[Jason Dixon]

On Jun 9, 2004, at 1:56 AM, Jojo Paderes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it normal that inactive memory are not recycled
> back to unused memory in Red Hat Linux after a long
> period of time (i.e. after a week)?

Yes, this is the way the linux kernel handles memory management.  This 
question is routinely brought up on the list.  Here's an answer from 
Ed:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&m=106703084117181&w=2

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