Re: free cached memory
gmorais <gmorais@deea.isel.ipl.pt> writes:
> when I use free in command line I get:
>
> total used free shared
> buffers cached
> Mem: 449300 219144 230156 0 5560 149084
> -/+ buffers/cache: 64500 384800
> Swap: 0 0 0
>
> my question is:
>
> there is any problem || related to the fact that my cached memory is
> so much occupied?
No; if anything, you'll see a performance improvement, since in some
cases Linux can use that memory instead of going to disk. Having
actual free memory would be wasting that resource.
> and if there is, how can I free it?
You don't, but if programs actually legitimately need the data space,
the kernel will shrink the cache and buffer space.
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