Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:33:24 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@alpha.yumyumyum.org> To: Steve 1 <ukla@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Inactive Memory Creep Message-ID: <20020320163252.G69701-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <B8BE3B8B.25B8%ukla@attbi.com>
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This is how it's supposed to work. If some other process needs memory, the memory on the Inactive list will be given to it. Ken On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Steve 1 wrote: > Hey All, > > I have an odd problem that I cannot figure out. > > Running top shows the inactive memory on my machine creeps steadily upwards. > > Currently up 7 days > > Mem: 26M Active, 545M Inact, 56M Wired, 4K Cache, 112M Buf, 376M Free > Swap: 1028M Total, 1028M Free > > Luckily I have a machine with a gig of ram so I have plenty of headroom. I > run almost no services (BSD-AMP) on the machine so I am puzzled as to what > is using the space and not giving it up, or is this an OS thing? > > Suggestions? > > > Steve > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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