Re: Memory reporting...

["nate" <centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Doe wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a little question about memory usage...
>
> When I do a free, I get:

I calculate system memory usage by
(total memory) - (free memory) - (cached memory) - (buffers memory)

The "free" memory reported by free/top/other tools is very misleading,
and is the topic of many questions over the years because of it.

nate



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