"top" question
I'm looking at the output in top, and there is a line that I'm not sure I understand:
PhysMem: 97.6M wired, 137M active, 582M inactive, 817M used, 335M free
I tried "man top" but it didn't tell me anything that would explain the above. I guess what really got me going was the "582 inactive". I thought "inactive", what does that mean? Anyway, if anyone could explain the different components of that line to me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
[ 04-28-2002: Message edited by: fuzz_ball ]</p>
PhysMem: 97.6M wired, 137M active, 582M inactive, 817M used, 335M free
I tried "man top" but it didn't tell me anything that would explain the above. I guess what really got me going was the "582 inactive". I thought "inactive", what does that mean? Anyway, if anyone could explain the different components of that line to me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
[ 04-28-2002: Message edited by: fuzz_ball ]</p>
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<strong>I'm looking at the output in top, and there is a line that I'm not sure I understand:
PhysMem: 97.6M wired, 137M active, 582M inactive, 817M used, 335M free
I tried "man top" but it didn't tell me anything that would explain the above. I guess what really got me going was the "582 inactive". I thought "inactive", what does that mean? Anyway, if anyone could explain the different components of that line to me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
[ 04-28-2002: Message edited by: fuzz_ball ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
97.6 MB Wired - memory that is allocated and "wired" in RAM; cannot be paged out
137 MB Active - memory that is allocated and has been used recently; can be paged out
582 MB Inactive - memory that is allocated and has not been used recently; can be paged out
817 MB Used = (97.6 MB Wired) + (137 MB Active) + (582 MB Inactive)
335 MB Free = memory that is not allocated and can be used
Total RAM = (817 MB Used) + (335 MB Free) = 1152 MB