2.4.12 and memory (Swap<->Cached)

Andrey Nekrasov (andy@spylog.ru)
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 15:35:01 +0300


Hello.

#cat /proc/meminfo

total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 2108588032 2105348096 3239936 0 69632 708489216
Swap: 4293378048 156639232 4136738816
MemTotal: 2059168 kB
MemFree: 3164 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 68 kB
Cached: 691876 kB
SwapCached: 8 kB
Active: 490884 kB
Inactive: 201068 kB
HighTotal: 1703872 kB
HighFree: 1152 kB
LowTotal: 355296 kB
LowFree: 2012 kB
SwapTotal: 4192752 kB
SwapFree: 4039784 kB

Why use swap, if "Cached" (it is disk cache?) 691876 kB?

-- 
bye.
Andrey Nekrasov, SpyLOG.
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