Which kernel are you using?
2.6 Kernels supposedly have better memory management than 2.4.
Shawn Badger wrote:
> Yes, kind of like DOS, apparently the kernel does use this low memory
> for a process handling area as well as buffer storage for TCP and
> other traffic. I also found a new command that I didn't know of before
> call slabtop. it shows you the top items using slab. I haven't totally
> figured out what exactly slab is yet, but I am reading whatever I can
> find on it.
>
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2007 8:09 AM, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com
> <mailto:jd@twingeckos.com>> wrote:
>
> 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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