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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: Murphy on January 24, 2007, 07:01:01 PM

Title: SME Using 750 Megabyte RAM
Post by: Murphy on January 24, 2007, 07:01:01 PM

Hi,
i am running a Homeserver with 1,5 Gigabyte RAM and SME (Kernel and Applications) is using about 750 MB of it. Is this normal? I am using it for data exchange between 5 Computers + Internet and Mail.

Why is it using this much?

Title: SME Using 750 Megabyte RAM
Post by: dmajwool on January 24, 2007, 07:22:21 PM

Would you prefer the OS never to use the RAM you have bought?

It is quite normal for Linux systems to use all the RAM available.

HTH, David.

Title: Re: SME Using 750 Megabyte RAM
Post by: CharlieBrady on January 24, 2007, 08:07:26 PM

Quote from: "Murphy"

Why is it using this much?

So that it runs as fast as possible, by keeping things in memory rather than reading them from disk every time they are required.