strange ram data in ubuntu-server

[Andrew Farris]

On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 20:54 +0000, DIEGO ADEMIR DUARTE wrote:
> Hi, i have a ubuntu-server 8.04 with apache,vsftpd and ssh server
> running BUT i watch a report of ram memory very strange....
> 
>  Mem:  16456716k total,  9790016k used,  6666700k free,

wow, thats a lot of memory

> the running process don't consume this ram memory...what's up?
> virus?

unlikely

> kernel error?

possible, but I'd say also unlikely

How much of it is being used as cache?  it looks like you got those
totals from top, so then next entry is cache...which should also be
taken into account.

when in top, hit "shift+>" to change the sort column to RAM, highest
usage first. This will tell you if there is a process someplace that is
actually taking up this memory. 



-- 
Andrew
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