linux memory mgmt system question

From: Catalin CIONTU
Date: Thu Nov 20 2008 - 09:26:19 EST


> Hi,
>
> 1. Firstly, we want to know if 'free' is the best
> tool that could give us the most accurate numbers with re to
> used/free memory and swap. If not, what would be that tool
> we could rely on?
> 2. Are there any exceptions that may "fool" free
> utility (inaccurate numbers would be returned), that we
> would need to be aware of? For example, could things like
> huge TLB pages being enabled have an impact on the numbers
> reported by free utility?
>
> Could you please advise? Thanks a lot.
>
>
> Regards,
> catalin.



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