Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:34:00 -0800 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: Matt Winslow <matt@mattwinslow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about memory usage Message-ID: <20021119183400.GB3030@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <001801c28fe6$91194e40$fb0e640a@riteaid.com> References: <001801c28fe6$91194e40$fb0e640a@riteaid.com>
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Thus spake Matt Winslow <matt@mattwinslow.com>: > I'm running FreeBSD 4.5, on a P-133 system. I just upgraded my RAM > yesterday from 80MB to 256MB, because it always used to sit at 93-94% used > when I had 80. Well now that I installed more, it's sitting at 93% used > again. Being newer to BSD, is there a way I can check what is using > memory...or does it just do that automatically? Free memory is wasted memory. If you have more of it, FreeBSD will use more, e.g. by caching things longer. With the additional memory, you will probably notice that your system is faster and accesses the disk less frequently under load. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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