Re: Cache uses a lot of memory.

[Alex Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Jeffrey Cobb wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I was looking at my memory usage and noticed that the cache takes up 119 megs of RAM from my 256 total.
> 
> Is this really necessary?  Also, what can I "turn off" that isn't 
> really necesary for a basic workstation/SAMBA config to save memory as 
> well?  Is there a good memory manager or similar utility available in 
> Linux to handle this?

Would you rather have the memory unused and empty?

Using not otherwise used memory for cache is *good*, and it is a sign of 
the good memory manager in the linux kernel.

Now. This has very little to do with gnome...

/ Alex