From: "Wee Teck Neo" <slashboy84@msn.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Over used cache memory?
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:05:59 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BAY4-F41WYf5UPHvAo10001c90f@hotmail.com> (raw)
My system having 1GB ram and this is the output of vmstat
procs memory swap io system
cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy
id
0 0 0 5640 21224 121512 797832 0 0 6 9 3 17 0 0
6
It seems that 797MB is used for caching... thats a high number. Anyway to
set a lower cache size?
I've read about the /proc/sys/vm/buffermem but my /proc doesn't have it.
Kernel: 2.4.22
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next reply other threads:[~2003-11-06 8:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-06 8:05 Wee Teck Neo [this message]
2003-11-06 8:25 ` Over used cache memory? Nick Piggin
2003-11-06 8:59 ` Jerry Lundström
2003-11-06 9:11 ` Helge Hafting
2003-11-06 13:40 ` jlnance
2003-11-06 14:14 ` Gianni Tedesco
2003-11-06 21:47 ` jlnance
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2003-11-06 9:15 Wee Teck Neo
2003-11-06 19:07 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2003-11-06 19:57 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-11-06 20:50 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
[not found] <BAY4-F18tJyMmxsywxZ00005d1a@hotmail.com>
2003-11-06 9:16 ` Jerry Lundström
2003-11-06 9:33 Wee Teck Neo
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