Run the top command, then use the 'M' top command.  This sorts processes
by memory usage.

rna

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Benjamin Bostow wrote:

> I have a system running RH 7.3. I have recently been concerned about my
> server running out of memory. I added 1GB of memory to my server to see if
> by chance 256 isn't enough. When I first boot up my server the free memory
> is 185324. A run of free a day later gives me the following output:
> 
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:       1289408     661136     628272          0      13624     515040
> -/+ buffers/cache:     132472    1156936
> Swap:      2359208        792    2358416
> 
> I tried stopping every process individually to find what is taking all of
> the memory. The most I went down was around 10K. Is there any programs that
> will tell me all segments of memory and what program is in it. I have tried
> using top but it only shows me 15 or so pids. Also what is the cached that
> free shows. If this is a kernel thing is there a place where I can place
> what the maximum cache should be or how to clear it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
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