Thanks for the reply but pmem gives memory utilization in percentage I want in kb's or mb's it is actutal memory utilzation --- chockalingam <chockalingam.shanmugam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > try pmem along with the command you used : > > #ps -eo rss,pcpu,comm,user,pid,time,*pmem* |sort > -rnk1|head -20 > > --lingam > > > On 3/29/07, Nilesh <niluforalways@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to know how much physical memory > > consumned by each runing applications on Linux > > The ps and top are showing different outputs, I > could > > not find it out , what ammount of actual memory > > consumed by each runing process on my system > > > > The scenario is : > > > > The physcial memory installed on Linux system is > > 1024MB > > > > Top command output : > > > > top - 02:11:57 up 18:48, 2 users, load average: > > 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > Tasks: 126 total, 1 running, 125 sleeping, 0 > > stopped, 0 zombie > > Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 99.8% id, > 0.0% > > wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si > > Mem: 1026328k total, 810848k used, 215480k > free, > > 47032k buffers > > Swap: 2040244k total, 0k used, 2040244k > free, > > 316708k cached > > > > Free command output : > > > > Free -mt > > total used free > > shared buffers cached > > Mem: 1002 791 210 > > 0 45 309 > > -/+ buffers/cache: 436 565 > > Swap: 1992 0 1992 > > Total: 2994 791 2203 > > > > The free command is showing 436MB used and 565MB > is > > free but the Top command is showing 810MB is used > and > > 215MB is free > > why cached is showing 309MB is it swap memory If I > > calculate it comes to 436+309+45=791 how cache is > > distributed with each application > > is cache and VIRT is same > > > > could anyone tell me how do I find out exact > physical > > memory occupied by each applications. > > > > If go with ps command, is RSS is write value or > > Virtual Memory + RSS ( Resident set size) value > > > > #ps -eo rss,pcpu,comm,user,pid,time |sort > -rnk1|head > > -20 > > > > 242896 0.1 java 501 5294 00:01:28 > > 27628 0.0 spamd root 3314 00:00:01 > > 25380 0.0 spamd root 3093 00:00:00 > > 23624 0.0 spamd root 3315 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 9573 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 5415 00:00:02 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 5340 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 5336 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3322 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3321 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3320 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3319 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3311 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3310 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3309 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3308 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3307 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 3233 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 22854 00:00:00 > > 22656 0.0 mysqld mysql 22853 00:00:00 > > > > Thanks > > Nilesh > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Get your own web address. > > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. > > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list