Date: 09 May 2003 14:22:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "meimi" <meimi_1@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Newbies Question: High inactive memory and Quota in kernel Message-ID: <44of2ckmit.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <Law11-OE32YFRcmVFOh00003793@hotmail.com> References: <20030506090721.Q62023-100000@foem> <Law11-OE32FzotSkrpE000022a1@hotmail.com> <447k91rplg.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <Law11-OE32YFRcmVFOh00003793@hotmail.com>
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"meimi" <meimi_1@hotmail.com> writes: > I think if the inactive memory is large, then free memory will be small. When some programs need a lot of memory, they may not have enough and use the swap space. Thus, decrease overall performance. No. In that case, inactive memory will be converted to free memory as the programs need it.
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