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Date:      Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:37:35 +0100
From:      RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cache Memory in top command
Message-ID:  <20100930123735.3a2870b2@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:24:58 +0200
Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> wrote:


> *Wired:* number of pages wired down, including cached file data pages

That refers to buffer pages (displayed as Buf), which are a subset of
the cached file data pages.

The pages in the cache queue are not specifically cached file data
pages, they are clean pages from any source, including pages that have
been written to swap.




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