Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:57:36 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: limiting Buf memory Message-ID: <20060112125658.W35216@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <43C517B7.704@mac.com> References: <20060111112654.O11627@chylonia.3miasto.net> <43C517B7.704@mac.com>
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>> Mem: 529M Active, 209M Inact, 149M Wired, 38M Cache, 109M Buf, 1772K Free >> >> while "Cache" is dynamic, Buf is not and never goes down. >> >> how can i get it down to somehow like 40MB? > > I think "Buf" corresponds to what NetBSD's top calls "File", it's the amount > of memory that is bufferring raw blocks from the disk. Your traditional VM > disk cache is the "Cache" entry. > possibly you don't understand my question which is - how to set limits to "Buf" because it's now always 110MB. i
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