I'm Using Direct Admin but...
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You're really better off using SSH and running top to see what's going on.
Why do you need that? This command only shows RAM usage
Hello,
so what is the command to empty the cache?
Michael
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shutdown -r now
nobaloney
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chatwizrd, jokes like that aren't really funny; a lot of people may misunderstand; I hope you'll consider that again.
Now, orionboji, here's the slightly longer answer:
The kernel maintains the cache for you, so if you call for something that was used previously it can look it up in the cache and save time. But the moment the memory is needed by any process, the kernel's memory manager will release it.
So, yes, chatwizrd is right, the only way to empty it is to restart your system.
But you don't have to. The kernel authors have taken care of it for you.
Jeff
Now, orionboji, here's the slightly longer answer:
The kernel maintains the cache for you, so if you call for something that was used previously it can look it up in the cache and save time. But the moment the memory is needed by any process, the kernel's memory manager will release it.
So, yes, chatwizrd is right, the only way to empty it is to restart your system.
But you don't have to. The kernel authors have taken care of it for you.
Jeff
nobaloney
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As I pointed out in my response, and you didn't.
Telling people to restart their server is both dangerous and irresponsible.
Jeff
Telling people to restart their server is both dangerous and irresponsible.
Jeff
@chatwizrd:
Yes man, that wasn't wise thing to do..
For orionboji, as linux always eat physical memory and fead it for swap. That is not bad thing, it is just linux way to do things.
So there is no need to "clear" swap..
This is just one thing you need to understand when you're handling unix based servers and/or such.
Yes man, that wasn't wise thing to do..
For orionboji, as linux always eat physical memory and fead it for swap. That is not bad thing, it is just linux way to do things.
So there is no need to "clear" swap..
This is just one thing you need to understand when you're handling unix based servers and/or such.
nobaloney
NoBaloney Internet Svcs - In Memoriam †
As I wrote previously, it's not swap memory but cache memory.
Jeff
Jeff