Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:13:17 -0400 From: "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> To: "Dan Larsson" <dl@tyfon.net>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Best tool for displaying used/free memory Message-ID: <200006160029.UAA13572@sanson.reyes.somos.net> In-Reply-To: <NEBBJANJCNNAKCPFKHHFCEKBCGAA.dl@tyfon.net>
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:43:48 +0200, Dan Larsson wrote: >What tool should I use to best get the >totals of used and free memory in an non >interactive way (that is not use 'top' or >equiv) Did you check vmstat? I wouldn't call it the "best" tool to check for memory, but that and "swapinfo" can give you a decent idea of memory utilization. If swapinfo shows low swap utilization then you are working mostly on RAM (good). If you see high utilization then you are working mostly of swap(slower). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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