From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262080AbVGVLlj (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:41:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262081AbVGVLlj (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:41:39 -0400 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:16802 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262080AbVGVLli (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:41:38 -0400 Subject: Re: Kernel doesn't free Cached Memory From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Vinicius Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050722_112730_062779.jdob@ig.com.br> References: <20050722_112730_062779.jdob@ig.com.br> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:41:31 +0200 Message-Id: <1122032491.22878.4.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 08:27 -0300, Vinicius wrote: [...] > I have a server with 2 Pentium 4 HT processors and 32 GB of RAM, this > server runs lots of applications that consume lots of memory to. When I stop > this applications, the kernel doesn't free memory (the memory still in use) > and the server cache lots of memory (~27GB). When I start this applications, > the kernel sends "Out of Memory" messages and kill some random > applications. > > Anyone know how can I reduce the kernel cached memory on RHEL 3 (kernel > 2.4.21-32.ELsmp - Trial version)? There is a way to reduce the kernel cached > memory utilization? Probably RedHat's support can answer this for RHEL 3. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services