[Linux學習日誌] OS中的記憶體快取
最近在玩cloudatcost賣的便宜vps主機,發現明明我什麼程式都沒開,結果記憶體卻用到了73%,如下圖: 查了一下,發現下面這篇文章寫的蠻好的: http://blogger.gtwang.org/2013/07/linux-cache-memory-linux.html 原來linux會把沒用到memory拿來當做memdisk來用阿……第一次知道有這種事。 另外發現自己不太懂buffer跟cache的差別,稍微查了一下: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6345020/linux-memory-buffer-vs-cache 簡單來說: A buffer is something that has yet to be “written” to disk. A cache is something that has been “read” from the disk and stored for later use.