memory use on 5.2RC2 i386

[J.D. Bronson]

At 06:52 PM 1/2/2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>"J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson at wixb.com> writes:
>
> > I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my
> > free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing...
>
>"Free RAM is wasted RAM."
>
> > Is it going to buffer space?
> >
> > it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon...
>
>I doubt it.  I'm sure the system keeps converting buffer and inactive
>memory into free memory as it needs it.
>
> > Any comments or any way to change this behavior?
> >
> > ..I dont remember this 'issue' on 4.9....
>
>The FreeBSD virtual memory implementation has always tried to keep
>memory full.  This is the subject of a very popular entry in the
>FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions list:
>  http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM
>--
>Lowell Gilbert,

Thanks...I didnt this before and now I feel better :)







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