Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:59:56 +0100 | From | Jerry Lundström <> | Subject | Re: Over used cache memory? |
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Wee Teck Neo wrote: > My system having 1GB ram and this is the output of vmstat > > procs memory swap io > system cpu > r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us > sy id > 0 0 0 5640 21224 121512 797832 0 0 6 9 3 17 0 > 0 6 > > > It seems that 797MB is used for caching... thats a high number. Anyway > to set a lower cache size? > > I've read about the /proc/sys/vm/buffermem but my /proc doesn't have it. > > Kernel: 2.4.22 >
I don't see the problem? Linux uses unused memory as cache and unless you have processes using more memory then thats free you dont have a problem, this is all dynamic and nothing to worry about.
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