Optimizing Memory

I am new to DirectAdmin and i am on a brand new dedicated server, a very basic one running Directadmin on the following specs.


Celeron-D 347 3.06Ghz
Memory: 1GB

Now heres the thing, in DirectAdmin i get this,

Total Memory 970052 kB
Free Memory 19064 kB
Total Swap Memory 1959888 kB
Free Swap Memory 1959888 kB
System Uptime 15 Days, 8 Hours and 8 Minutes
Apache 1.3.41 Running
DirectAdmin 1.32.2 Running
Exim 4.67 Running
MySQL 5.0.37 Running
Named 9.3.3rc2 Running
ProFTPd 1.3.1 Running
sshd Running
vm-Pop3d 1.1.7f-DA-2 Running


Is that bad?

Thanks, and how to optimize?

Something seems to be grabbing your physical memory.

I have a new server too

Swap is ok, mine is about 2.5gb.

SSH in to the server as root and type 'top' and see what is using the most resources, to quit that type 'q'.

Another good command to look at your memory is 'free -m'

I think some antivirus and spam software can be a big drain on the system.

David

Linux over time grabs most free memory. Why? Because it uses it for caches. It will immediately release it as necessary. As long as you're not using much swap all is good.

Jeff