My Red Hat Enterprise Linux system shows that I am using a lot of memory, even though nothing is running. Why?
Issue
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My Red Hat Enterprise Linux system shows that I am using a lot of memory, even though nothing is running. Why?
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Is low free memory in Red Hat Enterprise Linux a cause for concern?
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My Red Hat Enterprise Linux server is using more than 90% of RAM (as reported by
free
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Our Service monitoring group was reporting false memory utilization alerts, as RHEL5.3 servers could easily reach 99% used memory.
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How can we better monitor the memory resources on the servers?
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What is a good metric to base memory shortage alerts on?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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