Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

[Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 02:21:14 +0800
Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:


> "
> :~$ vmstat -S M
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system--
> ----cpu---- r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo
> in   cs us sy id wa 15  0   1725     88     85   1348    0    1
> 7    11    2    1 13  1 86  0 "
> 
> 
> "
> :~$ vmstat -S M -a
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system--
> ----cpu---- r  b   swpd   free  inact active   si   so    bi    bo
> in   cs us sy id wa 12  0   1725     86   2194  13233    0    1
> 7    11    2    1 13  1 86  0 "

Hmmmm,

Run htop, press F6 for sortby, sort by mem, and see what you get. LOL,
I got about 20 iceweasels each taking 2.9%.

SteveT

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