nhaas wrote: <STUFF DELETED>
This is normal memory usage, the system is cacheing filesytem use and storing it in ram.
If the usage grows at a much faster rate then become concerned.
So when does the memory ever get released. It just grows and grows and grows. Out of 2 gigs I have 19,124k free and starting on swap 8k used. Should I not be alarmed on this? An old UNIX guy is telling me that there is a memory leak somewhere....
From an older Unix guy and a very old Linux guy (since version 0.xx). If you start getting out-of-memory conditions and your machine begins to run like a sloth, then worry. I don't remember what the figures look like under Solaris, must check with vmstat in a bit and compare. You can't make the assumption that Linux and any other Unix are organised to behave the same. Harping back to one big discussion topic that the Linux kernel should handle a particular function in the same manner as Solaris - a far better way they argued, the guy who developed it for Solaris chimed in that after he implemented it, he thought it was a bad idea and that Linux did it better - end of argument. Though many things are similar, "Linux is not Unix", please repeat that before every boot and tell the old Unix guy also. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====