[SOLVED] pacman install bloats memory

bitpal · 2009-09-23 20:50:09

I have set up an Arch cloud server with 256 MB, and I noticed when I install something like apache or mysql the used memory goes from, say 30% to almost 90%. When I reboot the system it's back to normal.

How can I find out the reason for the memory bloat? Is there any way of fixing it short of rebooting?

Last edited by bitpal (2009-09-23 22:27:35)

Pierre · 2009-09-23 21:03:09

file system cache

bitpal · 2009-09-23 22:12:43

quite laconical. what do you mean? how do I empty the 'file system cache'?

R00KIE · 2009-09-23 22:23:21

The kernel does that for you if it needs the space for programs. File system cache is not a bad thing, no need to worry about that. The ram is there, it's free (as in not being used otherwise) so better put to good use.

bitpal · 2009-09-23 22:27:12

Thanks, that cleared it up!

sand_man · 2009-09-24 01:18:56

[ty@work ~]$ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           502        452         49          0         60        187
-/+ buffers/cache:        204        297
Swap:          486          0        486

I take it you are new to Linux
You can see above. Total is 502MB, the amount used including the cache/buffers is 452MB and the amount currently in use not including cache/buffers is 204MB

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#1 2009-09-23 20:50:09

[SOLVED] pacman install bloats memory

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