Re: Over used cache memory?

[Nick Piggin]

Wee Teck Neo wrote:

> My system having 1GB ram and this is the output of vmstat
>
>   procs                      memory      swap          io     
> system      cpu
> r  b  w   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs 
> us sy id
> 0  0  0   5640  21224 121512 797832    0    0     6     9    3    17  
> 0  0  6
>
>
> It seems that 797MB is used for caching... thats a high number. Anyway 
> to set a lower cache size?
>
> I've read about the /proc/sys/vm/buffermem but my /proc doesn't have it.
>
> Kernel: 2.4.22


Short answer, no.

If it is actually causing you a problem, test the latest 2.4 prerelease.
If that doesn't help, report the details of the problem.


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