Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:50:34 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: User Measl <measl@greeves.mfn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory Leak in 2.2.5R NFS Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980624084836.10103C-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199806231759.MAA04220@greeves.mfn.org>
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On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, User Measl wrote:
> I am determining usage through TOP. Also, AFAIK, the kernel does
> *not* "eat up as much memory as possible for buffers". I believe
> that is a Windoze trait... According to the Handbook, there is
> an actual (somewhat fixed) algorithm to determine RAM capture.
>
> But then, who knows, I could be wrong...
The question has been asked before, and while my answer is somewhat
simplistic, it's essentially correct.
The mail archives has quite a few answers by John Dyson on this; try
the search on `questions':
memory AND john AND dyson
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
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