Date:  Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:38:44 -0700
From:  "Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting, Inc." <kenmarcus (at mark) precisionweb.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:14232] Re: Physical Memory > high Cached usage
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <CE488F7C0C4D4906926E1010ED90ECA1@OfficeKen>
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Allan" <kenneth (at mark) domain-nameit.net>
To: <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:30 PM
Subject: [coba-e:14231] Physical Memory > high Cached usage


> Hi Blues,
>
> This one has been bugging me for weeks.
>
> Current BQ
> 4G RAM
> P4 CPU 3.20GHz
> SATA RAID1 soft
> LILO
> Brian's backup
>
> Normally this machine uses about 30-50% Physical memory.
>
> However, running a large file such as a system backup causes high cache 
> usage, after
> which the cache does not get reset, and Physical memory remains at 98% 
> used.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Kenneth
>
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>
>

Kenneth

Generally linux will use all the memory you have  for maximum speed. It's 
not a problem.
It's only a problem if you start using a lot of swap.



----
Ken Marcus
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