It is possible to get the total amount of buffer or page cache memory, in kilobytes, that are free and available from /proc/meminfo ( attribute "Inactive" ). This is memory that has not been recently used and can be reclaimed for other purposes. ( see http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/en-US/Reference_Guide/s2-proc-meminfo.html) Total Free Memory Available for Applications = (free + Inactive) should hold good in this case. Thanks, Shashank. On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 07:50 -0400, Andrew Parker wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Shashank > Rachamalla<shashank.r38@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is the below calculation valid? > > > > Total Free Memory Available for Applications = free + buffers + cached > > Cache is available to applications, yes, but I don't think that you > can included all of the buffer space. I'd be inclined to leave it out. > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines