Re: Kernel memory

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Author: JD Austin
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Subject: Re: Kernel memory
Shawn Badger wrote:
> I am having this on going problem with my sever running out of low
> memory, or that is at least what my support company is saying.
> The question I pose the group is how can I tell how much memory is
> left in the low memory area that the kernel uses and what is using it?
>
> I have been looking at /proc/slabinfo and playing with slabtop, but I
> have no clues what I am looking at in theses areas.
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I haven't heard of 'low memory' referenced since the dos days ;)
Are they talking about physical memory versus swap?
Typically in linux I use the 'free' command to see how much memory is
available and used.


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