On Oct 2, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
I'm leaning towards "top on linux == dumb".
I disagree, it just isn't the appropriate tool for the job. What top
tells you is lots of correct information, it just isn't the right
information.
If it is in fact including shared memory as 'cached', then no, the
information it's providing is not correct.
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