Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:05:13 -0500 From: "aSe" <aSe@SysFail.com> To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: memory loss Message-ID: <KCECKLBMJCEIIOLIPBPEMEKDCCAA.aSe@SysFail.com> In-Reply-To: <20021217014157.GA9273@gothmog.gr>
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>On 2002-12-16 20:30, aSe <aSe@SysFail.com> wrote: >> Lately I've seem tobe looseing a large amount of memory, I was at >> 180M free, now its down to ~45M. I know Inact =3D inactive, but what >> would cause large amounts of inactive memory to be 'used'? I went >> down the list of top and nothing comes close to adding up to 300m. > >This is answered in the FAQ already. Point your favorite browser at: >http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#TOP-FREEM= EM > >> Also, if its inactive memory, isn't that the same as free? > >No. A lot of things about the way memory management works in FreeBSD >is explained in the excellent article ``Design elements of the FreeBSD >VM system'' by Matt Dillon. Find it at: >http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vm-design/ > >- Giorgos Strange, I remember looking at the faq, guess I'm an idiot. Thank you = for the help! :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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