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Date:      Fri, 9 May 2003 09:36:09 +0100
From:      "meimi" <meimi_1@hotmail.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Newbies Question: High inactive memory and Quota in kernel
Message-ID:  <Law11-OE32YFRcmVFOh00003793@hotmail.com>
References:  <20030506090721.Q62023-100000@foem><Law11-OE32FzotSkrpE000022a1@hotmail.com> <447k91rplg.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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I think if the inactive memory is large, then free memory will be small. =
When some programs need a lot of memory, they may not have enough and =
use the swap space. Thus, decrease overall performance.
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Lowell Gilbert=20
  To: meimi=20
  Cc: freebsd-questions=20
  Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 12:22 AM
  Subject: Re: Newbies Question: High inactive memory and Quota in =
kernel


        "meimi" <meimi_1@hotmail.com> writes:
        =20
        > 1.Why the inactive memory be so high? Is it a rpoblem?
        =20
        Why *would* it be a problem? At least it's holding data that =
*might*
        be useful.
       =20



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