in reply to [OT]What is "buffers" and "cached" memory in Linux system box?
the kernal can take back cache memory whenever it wants to, but not (all of the) buffers - buffers are needed for inter-process communication.
this article explains the fundamentals
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Re^2: [OT]What is "buffers" and "cached" memory in Linux system box?
by sunshine_august (Scribe) on Sep 20, 2008 at 05:07 UTC |
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