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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:33:45 +0100
From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} SSD instead of RAID1?
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:17:26 -0700, Grant wrote:
> OK, that's right. How can I find out if 4GB RAM (the current amount)
> is enough? From what I understand of how Linux handles memory, it
> will fill it up as quickly as possible, and then free it as necessary.
> This makes it difficult to determine how much RAM is necessary from
> watching top.
Use free to see how much of the memory is used by buffers and caches.
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