Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:57:09 +0200 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cache Memory in top command Message-ID: <4CA2E345.7070006@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <246095.42115.qm@web113905.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <800348.43799.qm@web113901.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <AANLkTinxG2k082x=PQoHAq1d8h_Wn0vUwiXO1cssy4Er@mail.gmail.com> <246095.42115.qm@web113905.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 09/29/2010 08=3A50 AM=2C vyaaghrah-nix=40yahoo=2Ecom wrote=3A =3E Hi Adam =3E =3E It gets me to this following explanation =3E =3E Cache=3A number of pages used for VM-level disk caching =3E =3E I am not sure what is VM-Level disk caching=3F =3E Further it does not answer how this value is calculated for a system=2E= =3E =3E =20 =3E=3E How is Cache memory in the following output calculated=2C on Free BS= D system=2E =3E=3E =3E=3E =20 =3E man 1 top =3E =3E =20 *Cache=3A* number of clean pages caching data that are available for imme= diate reallocation http=3A//www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/cgi/man=2Ecgi=3Fquery=3Dtop=26sektion=3D1 =3Ch= ttp=3A//www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/cgi/man=2Ecgi=3Fquery=3Dtop=26sektion=3D1=3E DISCLAIMER=3A This e-mail is for the intended recipient=28s=29 only=2E Acce= ss=2C disclosure=2C copying=2C distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited=2E If yo= u have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system= =2E
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4CA2E345.7070006>