Hi , Some googling gave me the answer . These links are useful http://lists.q-linux.com/pipermail/ph-linux-newbie/2004-June/019220.html http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/meminfo.html It would be nice to have this information on kernewbies,org website . Regards ! --- Learner <ruxyz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi , > > I have the output of /proc/meminfo , but how to > analyze the individual fields , > like > > SwapCached: > Active: > ActiveAnon: > ActiveCache: > Inact_dirty: > Inact_laundry: > Inact_clean: > Inact_target: > > Is there any formula by which I can co-relate > the data obtained with the memory usage of the > processes running ? > > I was unable to get man meminfo > ( like man slabinfo ) > > Looking forward to your response . > > Cheers ! > > cat /proc/meminfo > total: used: free: shared: buffers: > cached: > Mem: 525811712 351744000 174067712 0 > 6672384 > 298295296 > Swap: 1743749120 47841280 1695907840 > MemTotal: 513488 kB > MemFree: 169988 kB > MemShared: 0 kB > Buffers: 6516 kB > Cached: 271120 kB > SwapCached: 20184 kB > Active: 238396 kB > ActiveAnon: 21208 kB > ActiveCache: 217188 kB > Inact_dirty: 52008 kB > Inact_laundry: 14428 kB > Inact_clean: 6832 kB > Inact_target: 62332 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 513488 kB > LowFree: 169988 kB > SwapTotal: 1702880 kB > SwapFree: 1656160 kB > HugePages_Total: 0 > HugePages_Free: 0 > Hugepagesize: 4096 kB > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux > kernel. > Archive: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
