high mem

[Lokeey]

i haven't noticed my swap being used at all at home...work is different. i
have the same amount of memory (1GB) on my work pc and swap usually hits up
between 300-500. but i've never noticed any decrease in performance.

On 1/11/07, Scott Mazur <kubuntulists at littlefish.ca> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:52:15 -0600, Lokeey wrote
> > I currently have 1GB of RAM installed and I've been noticing
> > that it's up around 946 and as high as 980. is there a way to
> > manage mem usage better.
>
> The Linux Kernel will cache disk access to memory where ever and when ever
> it
> can.  This increases performance by not having to go back to the hard
> drive
> every time a file is re-read.  The cached memory is immediately released
> to
> applications when it's needed.
>
> Kinfocenter will give you an easy to read status of your memory, showing
> how
> much is used, and how much of it is disk cache vs application use.  If
> disk
> cache is using up all your memory, that's perfectly normal.  If
> applications
> are using up your memory, that's not normal.  Application data will be
> copied
> in and out of swap space as required if they need more than the available
> memory.  Applications can get shuffled to swap if you're running a large
> number applications at the same time, but with 1GB this shouldn't happen
> often.  If you're filling up swap space, this is also not normal.
>
> Scott
>
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