[NTLUG:Discuss] Memory

[George E. Lass]

Joey_Berry at compusa.com wrote:
> 
>       My machine running RH 6.2 has 256M. of memory however after the machine
>       has been up for a few days most of the memory is used and the machine is
>       starting to use swap space. In top the only apps showing that are using
>       mem. are top, bash, mingetty, and pump. What can I do or check for to
>       improve the memory usage?
> 
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When you run free, what does the line starting with

-/+ buffers: 

show? Perhaps your memory is being used by kernel buffers.

George

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