Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 05:41:43 +0900 From: chas <panda@skinnyhippo.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: High Inactive memory levels - cause for concern ? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990827054143.009cf6d0@mail.skinnyhippo.com> In-Reply-To: <199908262040.NAA03018@implode.root.com> References: <Your message of "Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:01:03 %2B0900." <3.0.5.32.19990826170103.009bab00@mail.skinnyhippo.com>
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Thank you for the reassurance David - sorry for the earlier paranoia : I misunderstood the cycle for memory usage. Now I can sleep much better - thank you :) chas >>Am I going to get to the stage where Free memory is zero >>and all of it is 'inactive' ? If so, what proactive measures >>would you advise ? > > I dunno - have a soda and be happy, I guess. Free memory being near zero >is usually a good thing since it means that your memory is being used >effectively. FreeBSD uses all otherwise free memory for file caching, and >you can't determine the breakdown of caching vs. mmap pages, etc, by looking >at the page queues. > >-DG > >David Greenman >Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org >Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com >Pave the road of life with opportunities. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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