So if the load on my server goes up and the memory is needed, it will be released? I have about 24 Students using MySQL over the next couple of months and I want everything ready. If I see the swap being used heavily should I be concerned? Sorry for all the questions, I'm not a guru on this.
Thanks, Kevin >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/17/03 01:00PM >>> On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 11:26, Kevin Keithan wrote: > Here is what I'm actually getting. > This output is from right before I left the office yesterday. > > [root@kevin admin]# free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 1548264 379112 1169152 0 113372 206988 > -/+ buffers/cache: 58752 1489512 > Swap: 2096472 0 2096472 > > Now here is my output when I got into work the following morning. > > [root@kevin admin]# free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 1548264 398228 1150036 0 113912 209956 > -/+ buffers/cache: 74360 1473904 > Swap: 2096472 0 2096472 > > Is this normal that I would be having less and less free memory? I'm the only that >uses the server so it was running idle all night. > > Thanks, > Kevin > > Looks ok to me as long as you are not hitting swap you are gold. The os is doing what it is supposed to do and cache data in unused memory in case you need it again. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
