Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 15:53:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Random Junk <jsd@gamespot.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: memory usage Message-ID: <199705132253.PAA02473@hudsucker.gamespot.com>
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can someone explain this top output to me? Mem: 64M Active, 23M Inact, 21M Wired, 15M Cache, 8332K Buf, 176K Free Swap: 262M Total, 42M Used, 220M Free, 16% Inuse am i out of memory or not? i ask because this machine is a busy ftp server and i want to know if i can safely let more people log in. right now it has reached its maximum simultaneous download ceiling. what's the difference between Inact and Free? and what does "wired" mean? please use words of one syllable or less, i am pretty ignorant of freebsd memory management issues. (a pointer to a good book or web page would be appreciated as well.) -- Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com SpotMedia Communications How the drunk and the maimed both are dragged forward out of the arena like a boneless Christ, one man under each arm, feet dragging, eyes on the aether. (David Foster Wallace/Infinite Jest)
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