Meller Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I don't quite understand what the cache means in terms of how much ram is being used. I have 16GB of memory in my unraid system. It reports ~2.65GB used, ~12.64GB cached, with a few hundred megabytes free. Why is it cache'ing almost all of my memory? Is this normal? What does it mean? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 https://www.linuxatemyram.com/ Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Dont Panic! Unused ram is wasted ram. Its good its being used for something. Should any programs need it, they will get it and the caches are flushed/dropped. Quote Link to comment
Meller Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Sounds great. I was unaware that linux auto cached unused ram like that. And to know it auto releases on demand. I'll take it. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment
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