Re: Memory, where's it going?

[DervishD]

    Hi Tommy :)

 * Tommy Reynolds <Tommy.Reynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
> Uttered DervishD <lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, spake thus:
> > > I understand the concept and why things are cached, i've just never
> > > seen it cache this much before..
> > Swap memory is not used just when the machine has no free memory.
> > Although this is a rough explanation and doesn't describe exactly the
> > swap mechanism, some apps will remain into swap space even if there's
> > plenty of free RAM available, as long as they are not used. 
[...] 
> It is not apps that are being evicted from main memory, only some
> of their pages.

    That's why I told "rough explanation" ;) I didn't want to go into
details, although I did anyway...

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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