[mythtv-users] Memory usage

[Nathan Poznick]

Thus spake Dwight Hubbard:
> That's normal, free memory gets utilized for disk cache if it isn't needed
> for anything else.  In top the disk cache is shows up as "buff".  So the
> actual free memory is the sum of free and buff.

Actually, the disk cache is part of the 'cached' number in top.  It's a
little deceiving because it's listed on the Swap line, but it's part of
the memory stats.

But yes, this is completely normal.  On my myth machine right now (512mb
ram), it's sitting at about 400mb of memory being used for cache.  It's
nothing to worry about, since if the memory is needed for something
important, the kernel will take care of it.

-- 
Nathan Poznick <poznick at conwaycorp.net>

To teach is to learn twice. --Joseph Joubert