Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:58:20 -0600 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson@wixb.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memory use on 5.2RC2 i386 Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102185755.00b34fa8@cheyenne.wixb.com> In-Reply-To: <44wu89vonq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102180137.00b3e980@cheyenne.wixb.com> <44wu89vonq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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At 06:52 PM 1/2/2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >"J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson@wixb.com> writes: > > > I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my > > free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... > >"Free RAM is wasted RAM." > > > Is it going to buffer space? > > > > it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon... > >I doubt it. I'm sure the system keeps converting buffer and inactive >memory into free memory as it needs it. > > > Any comments or any way to change this behavior? > > > > ..I dont remember this 'issue' on 4.9.... > >The FreeBSD virtual memory implementation has always tried to keep >memory full. This is the subject of a very popular entry in the >FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions list: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM >-- >Lowell Gilbert, Thanks...I didnt this before and now I feel better :) -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.328.8282 // Pager: 414.314.8282
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