RAM usage problem in Fedora 3

[Ed Hill]

On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 17:54 +0530, Vendra, Hari Prasad V V P Ch S (Hari
Prasad) wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I am using Fedora 3  Kernel 2.6.9-1.667 
>             without running any user applications
> 	the RAM usage is increasing in a short time.
> 	My machine has 512MB RAM.
> 	I am using "top" command for checking
>             RAM usage. Any suggestions please

Hi Hari,

This is one of the most-reported "problems" by new Linux users and its
not a bug at all.  Whats happening is the Linux kernel aggressively
caching things.  It uses your "unused" (that is, unused by user-space
processes) RAM as a cache for the file system, etc.

In general, its a very efficient way of doing things since its making
maximal use of your RAM.  So, no worries.

Ed

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