Why server can not consume 100% memory?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Stress test is run in order to consume 100% memory, but memory is not consumed completely.
  • Unable to bring down free memory to 0 KB.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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