Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:58:54 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: More RAM for buffers? Message-ID: <200810020958.54563.kirk@strauser.com>
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I have an AMD system with 6GB of RAM. From dmesg:
usable memory = 6428237824 (6130 MB)
avail memory = 6203797504 (5916 MB)
However, most of it is just sitting there when it looks like it could be
used for buffers or cache:
Mem: 1186M Active, 3902M Inact, 468M Wired, 233M Cache, 214M Buf, 138M Free
Swap: 8192M Total, 900K Used, 8191M Free
Since I've yet to find a great explanation for what the different types of
memory are, could someone say why all that inactive memory is better than
using it for cache or buffers?
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Kirk Strauser
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