topic Re: To find out process used more memory in Operating System - Linux

To find out process used more memory

mw_4 — Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:42:59 GMT

Hi all.
I have redhat 7.1
[root@web log]# uname -r
2.4.3-12smp box in my office
then..
can I ask you sth..
I wonder if i can find out how much memory used process current time in Real time..

top would display
some data but i post result of top that i ran

but total mem about 2Gb,
current mem used 1.95Gb
free 102Mb
cpu idles are free 100%, but
memory is overload..
how can I pick it up the process that used most memory in real time..
any good hlep or tips or advice is fine
thank you all

Re: To find out process used more memory

U.SivaKumar_2 — Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:09:00 GMT

Hi,

In the output of top command can you see the SIZE fiels ANd %memory field against every process running ?

regards,

U.SivaKumar

Re: To find out process used more memory

Pal Szabo_1 — Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:35:18 GMT

Hi!

But, if you don't find the right information in the top
output, you should use the
ps -ax utility, which
will show a snapshot of the memory usage.

Regards:
Paul