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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!vixie!nnrp.vix.com!vixie From: vixie@vix.com (Paul A Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: easy memory status tool? Date: 18 Sep 1995 18:57:43 GMT Organization: Vixie Enterprises Lines: 22 Message-ID: <VIXIE.95Sep18115743@wisdom.vix.com> References: <43dm5i$ouj@news2.deltanet.com> <VIXIE.95Sep16081846@wisdom.vix.com> <43ijg0$3rv@news2.deltanet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wisdom.home.vix.com In-reply-to: "Thumper!"'s message of 18 Sep 1995 01:54:08 GMT i'll be the first to admit that "top"'s memory stats aren't easy to grok. however, BSDi uses the public version of "top", whereas it appears that Linux has diverged substantially from the public version of "top". you can decide for yourself whether Linux has done you any favours in this area. meanwhile: > Memory: Real: 304K/6716K Virt: 1560K/113M Free: 4944K RAM: 304K is in "hard use" -- if the system took it away, bad paging would happen. 6716K is in "easy use" -- taking it away would cause a only little more paging. 4944K is available, not in use by anybody including the kernel or disk cache. SWAP: 1560K is mapped or dirty. 113M is available. -- Paul Vixie La Honda, CA "Illegitimi non carborundum." <paul@vix.com> pacbell!vixie!paul (dont let the bastards grind you down)