![]() ![]() ![]() Buffer and cache data can be dropped without needing to be swapped out to disk, so the actual memory available for processes includes the buffer/cache memory pages. On Windows, 95% used memory means that 95% of your memory is assigned to processes, and allocating memory for a new process will slow down performance as memory is swapped out to disk to free up enough memory for the new process.įor Linux, memory that is listed as “used” is made up of a combination of memory assigned to processes and memory used by the operating system for caching data and buffering operations. ![]() Monitoring memory on Linux can be counter-intuitive if you’re accustomed to monitoring Windows. ![]()
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