Re: Help: Who takes my memory away?

joebayeriI_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> StefanKapitza wrote:
> > joebayeriI_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > Swap: 8388576k total, 656k used, 8387920k free, 13948040k cached
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Hint: lookup the meaning of "cached" in top
> >
> > regards
> >
> > stefan kapitza
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Could you tell me is this something that should be corrected?
>
> By the way, I am using
> filesystemio_options=directIO,
> why is there still so much cache?

as Mladen sayed last week, it's OS Cache (File Cache), and this should be normal as
your box is 16 day up. If you are unsure Oracle is using direct io you could search
the archives, IIRC this was discussed last year.

regards

stefan kapitza Received on Fri Dec 22 2006 - 13:02:52 CST