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Linux memory full, process memory usage doesn't add up in top
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I have a computer with 16GB of ram. At the moment, top shows all the RAM is taken, (NOT by cache), but the RAM used by the various processes is very far from 16GB. I have seen this problem several times, but I don't understand what is happening. Any clues? My only remedy so far has been to reboot t…
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Fix for: Linux memory full, process memory usage doesn't add up in top
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As I understand it, on Linux 'used' memory is split into 'active' and 'inactive'. Active memory is memory which is currently allocated to a process and in use by it. Inactive is memory that has been allocated to a process but is no longer in use by …
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