[mythtv-users] Upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit and maybe a distro switch?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Thursday 18 June 2009 23:57:30 John Drescher wrote:
> > The one thing that has not been mentioned about extra RAM in a box is
> > the automatic filesystem cache. From memory, looking at my 4GB RAM
> > mythbuntu install, there was 2.5GB of RAM consumed for filesystem
> > caching.
> >
> 
> jmd0 ~ # free -m
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:          5951       5899         51          0         25       4610
> -/+ buffers/cache:       1263       4688
> Swap:        15313         47      15266
> 
> 
> 4.6GB of cache here..

Mine's bigger.

[jarod at zeus ~]$ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          9990       9943         46          0         94       4890
-/+ buffers/cache:       4958       5031
Swap:         4110        110       3999

(sorry, couldn't resist)

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com