Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:50:34 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: User Measl <measl@greeves.mfn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory Leak in 2.2.5R NFS Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980624084836.10103C-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199806231759.MAA04220@greeves.mfn.org>
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On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, User Measl wrote: > I am determining usage through TOP. Also, AFAIK, the kernel does > *not* "eat up as much memory as possible for buffers". I believe > that is a Windoze trait... According to the Handbook, there is > an actual (somewhat fixed) algorithm to determine RAM capture. > > But then, who knows, I could be wrong... The question has been asked before, and while my answer is somewhat simplistic, it's essentially correct. The mail archives has quite a few answers by John Dyson on this; try the search on `questions': memory AND john AND dyson Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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