>
> 1) What does free -m tell you?
[root@backup root]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 374 83 291 0 8 41
-/+ buffers/cache: 33 341
Swap: 1027 0 1027
> 2) Is your box swapping? (run 'vmstat 1' and if si and so numbers are
> non zero)
nope, the box is not swapping.
The si and so numbers are zero.
> 3) The linux 2.4 kernel uses as much memory as it can and usually most
> of that memory is for caches...as free -m will tell you, you do not have
> to worry since cache memory is reduced immediately when programs need
> memory.
>
As suggested by Dave on this thread, I am going to upgrade the kernel on
the box. But a post from Alan suggests a possible bug in slocate.
