[H-GEN] Memory useage

[MarshallJ at switch.aust.com]

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> I just checked my sever using top and it indicated the memory usage as
> Mem:   255760K av,  252012K used,    3748K free

> Is it normal to have less than 4M free out of 256M?


Check the "cached" amount - that will tell you how much of your RAM is 
being used as a file cache. Take this amount away from the "used" amount 
and you get the real program data-usage.

Josh.

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