Aton <aton at skyenet.net> writes: > Hello. > > I typically find that no matter how much memory I throw at a Linux box, > that the system RAM will usually only have 7-10M (meg) free, even with > configurations of 1 GIG of RAM. I know that the filesystem uses a vast > amount of this RAM as cache and buffers, but how do I set this so that it > uses UP TO a certian amount. Some non-vital componets get swapped to disk > (viewable via TOP), and I'd prefer that if I had 1 GIG of RAM in a system, > and the only thing running is samba, that 500M be FREE! =) Why? Using it to cache non-changed stuff on disk (so it can be invalidated with no cost and immediately used for something else) is much more useful than sitting empty. FREE memory is WASTED memory. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info