From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 10:34: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FD9137B401 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:34:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (12-232-220-15.client.attbi.com [12.232.220.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9892343E8A for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:34:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gAJIY1tX003186; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:34:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: (from das@localhost) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id gAJIY0SP003185; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:34:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:34:00 -0800 From: David Schultz To: Matt Winslow Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about memory usage Message-ID: <20021119183400.GB3030@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Matt Winslow , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <001801c28fe6$91194e40$fb0e640a@riteaid.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001801c28fe6$91194e40$fb0e640a@riteaid.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Matt Winslow : > I'm running FreeBSD 4.5, on a P-133 system. I just upgraded my RAM > yesterday from 80MB to 256MB, because it always used to sit at 93-94% used > when I had 80. Well now that I installed more, it's sitting at 93% used > again. Being newer to BSD, is there a way I can check what is using > memory...or does it just do that automatically? Free memory is wasted memory. If you have more of it, FreeBSD will use more, e.g. by caching things longer. With the additional memory, you will probably notice that your system is faster and accesses the disk less frequently under load. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message