On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 16:40 +0100, Dan Track wrote:
> HI
>
> I just rebooted my workstation, and I ran a "free -m". I realised that
> I'm already using swap even though I've got so much free ram. Anyone
> know why this is?
>
> free -m
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 1244 1227 17 0 37 636
^^^^^^^^
What do you mean "so much free ram". Whatever you have running is using
almost 99% of your memory and only 17 mb free. While that small amount
free is normal on my systems, the amount used is much higher than I
routinely run. The tiny amount of swap used (13 mb) is insignificant.
> -/+ buffers/cache: 553 691
> Swap: 1993 13 1979
>
This is mine after running for more than 5 days.
$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1011 991 19 0 13 703
-/+ buffers/cache: 274 736
Swap: 1023 0 1023
>
> Thanks
> Dan
>
