Clarification On top command

[Özgür KURU]

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> Hello
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> We use top command for checking system performance and many found that lot
> of memory is cached like one below
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> Cpu(s): 28.2%us,  0.1%sy,  0.0%ni, 71.7%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,
> 0.0%st
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> Mem:  74175192k total, 73199960k used,   975232k free,   910828k buffers
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> Swap: 104856244k total,  1565532k used, 103290712k free, 65612288k cached
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> Can some body help us understand what is really cached? Is this available
> for required process on demand?
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> Unable to get clear info about this.
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> Many thanks in advance.
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> Rgds
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> Nitin
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> Yes, this is available for requiered process on demand.
 You can find detail from
http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_admin/buffer-cache.html

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