Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:12:09 -0400 From: Jon Schipp <jonschipp@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux Message-ID: <CAB15j_CeUfzaj5QbXcsZHg1e_rH2qCzniiXnXfQTiZ5QXawJWg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201111031535.pA3FZnE0018328@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <CAB15j_DPjj-kHXBGeGCXTWYt-ZzyYkbxqEdvoVXUgf=6g%2BZQWw@mail.gmail.com> <201111031535.pA3FZnE0018328@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>wrote: > > From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 08:17:46 2011 > > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:18:06 -0400 > > From: Jon Schipp <jonschipp@gmail.com> > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux > > > > Is there a program to check physical memory usage in FreeBSD(using 8.2 > > RELEASE)? > > In vain of 'free' in Linux. > > Having *NO* idea what linux 'free' does, your question is hard to answer. > > > > I know you can check the values with sysctl, I was just checking if > anyone > > has a "cleaner" option. > > I was always curious. > > If you're just looking for the amount of 'free' memory, the 3rd field of > the third line of the output of vmstat(8) has that value. > > I'm under the impression that virtual memory and physical memory usage are very different. e.g. vmstat and top report very different memory values.
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