From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 21 08:31:58 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA16528 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:31:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.moneng.mei.com (brasil.moneng.mei.com [151.186.109.160]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA16518 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:31:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id KAA29414; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:30:46 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199512211630.KAA29414@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: Need more memory? To: mbarkah@hemi.com (Ade Barkah) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:30:46 -0600 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199512210108.SAA10030@hemi.com> from "Ade Barkah" at Dec 20, 95 06:08:20 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > What is a good indication of when you need to add ram. > > The best indicator might be to monitor the `vmstat' utility. > The two parameters to glance at are "avm" (active virtual pages) > and "fre" (the size of the free list.) Hey, now, that's a well thought out description, well written.... Can we get this added to the FreeBSD handbook/whatever? ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847