When I say 'almost no documentation' I means "every article I found
about /proc/meminfo do not describe difference between Cache and
Buffers".
For book link - thanks. I believe if nothing will be in it, thats means
something like 'linux console code'. I hope it not.
Thanks again.
В Вс., 13/02/
George Shuklin put forth on 2/12/2011 7:46 PM:
> Good day.
>
> I'm trying to understand difference between Buffers and Page Cache in Linux,
> but
> found almost no documentation.
>
> As far as I understand buffers and Page Cache serves same purpose: they save
> recent reed/written pages and allo
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 15:21 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <4d58173b.7050...@gmail.com>, George Shuklin wrote:
> >What data stored in Buffers area, and what data a stored in Cached area?
> >And what difference between them?
> >
> >If you know at least one article in kernels sources/Docum
In <201102131521.18065@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>Both types of memory are effectively free. Cache can be dropped
>willy-nilly. Buffers can be reclaimed by waiting for their I/O to complete.
> Both of these actions are done automatically by the kernel when
>application
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Chris Jones wrote:
> Well http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+meminfo gives 137,000 results.
>
> Are you suggesting I do your research for you?
This is not an easy question to answer, a search won't help if the person
has no clue about the Linux VM.
This is a question for t
In <4d58173b.7050...@gmail.com>, George Shuklin wrote:
>What data stored in Buffers area, and what data a stored in Cached area?
>And what difference between them?
>
>If you know at least one article in kernels sources/Documentation
>folder, or anywhere in Internet, I'll read it gladly.
http://www
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:39:07PM EST, George Shuklin wrote:
> I have started my post from sentence 'almost no documentation'.
>
> Ok, I repeat my question in most simple form:
>
> cat /proc/meminfo
> MemTotal:8197852 kB
> MemFree: 89764 kB
> Buffers: 16436 kB
> Cached
hat data a stored in Cached area?
And what difference between them?
If you know at least one article in kernels sources/Documentation
folder, or anywhere in Internet, I'll read it gladly.
I found nothing till this moment.
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Subject: Re: Buffers VS Pa
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 08:46:40PM EST, George Shuklin wrote:
> Good day.
>
> I'm trying to understand difference between Buffers and Page Cache in
> Linux, but found almost no documentation.
Where ‘in Linux’..? What exactly are you looking at..?
> As far as I understand buffers and Page Cach
Good day.
I'm trying to understand difference between Buffers and Page Cache in
Linux, but found almost no documentation.
As far as I understand buffers and Page Cache serves same purpose: they
save recent reed/written pages and allow to reduce amount of actual IO.
So, the questions:
1) Wh
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