[free memory is wasted memory]
> > Now, I think the theory itself is OK. The problem is that the stuff in
> > buffer/caches is to sticky. It does not go away when "more important"
> > uses for memory come up. Or at least it does not go away fast enough.
>
> Then we need a larger free target to cope with the slow cache freeing.
Or we make the cache freeing faster. ;)
If you have the time, you might want to try -rmap some
day and see about the cache freeing...
regards,
Rik
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