Subj : Re: linux memory oracle
To   : comp.os.linux
From : R.F. Pels
Date : Sat Jul 03 2004 03:51 pm

utkanbir wrote:

> Hi ,
> 
> My system is redhat linux advanced server 2.1 , 4 itanium 64 cpus and
> 8gb. ram
> i use oracle 9.2.0.2
> 
> I realized that event when the dbserver is stopped . the top utility
> shows more than 5gb.memory is in use. Oracle is the only application
> in the server.Why does linux use this much memory? Is this committed
> mem?

Why waste memory? If you give it 8G, it tries using all of it. The clue is
in the amount of inactive dirty memory, 1.5 G buffers and 0.5 G cache.

-- 
Ruurd
..o.
...o
ooo

.