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Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 15:35:01 +0300
From: Andrey Nekrasov <andy@spylog.ru>
To: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: 2.4.12 and memory (Swap<->Cached)
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Hello.


#cat /proc/meminfo

        total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
Mem:  2108588032 2105348096  3239936        0    69632 708489216
Swap: 4293378048 156639232 4136738816
MemTotal:      2059168 kB
MemFree:          3164 kB
MemShared:           0 kB
Buffers:            68 kB
Cached:         691876 kB
SwapCached:          8 kB
Active:         490884 kB
Inactive:       201068 kB
HighTotal:     1703872 kB
HighFree:         1152 kB
LowTotal:       355296 kB
LowFree:          2012 kB
SwapTotal:     4192752 kB
SwapFree:      4039784 kB



Why use swap, if "Cached" (it is disk cache?) 691876 kB?

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Andrey Nekrasov, SpyLOG.
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