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[R.K. #]

Hi Everybody....

I have a confusion about the "top" command output given below, can anyone explain these different numbers:

#top
Memory: 197804K (104700K) real, 303980K (175456K) virtual, 341364K free

Thanks in adv..

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

real memory is physical memory on the system.

Virtual memory is swap, disk based memory.

The figures in brackets are mount free.

You might find swapinfo -tam less confusing.

HP-UX defines overall system memory as physical memory plus swap.

SEP

[Deepak Kr]

R.K,

In TOP memory area things are listed in order as given below:

total pshysical memory
active physical memory
virtual memory
free vitual memory
total free memory

For more info refer to :
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/top.1.html

#swapinfo -tam is even better to see all details.

[SKR_1]

To know your physical memory, you can check with

dmesg | grep physical
glance ( option m)
swapinfo -tam
SAM

Thanks

SKR

[Oliver Zell_1]

See the attachment, it is with short explanation, hope it helps...