RAM/Memory resources on 7 STABLE

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On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:35:33 -0500
Tim Kellers <kellers at njit.edu> wrote:


> I've never noticed this (the slow decline of Free) before on any
> machine I've had.  Maybe that just means it has happened and I
> haven't noticed it, but I don't know.

FreeBSD has worked like that for a long time, it doesn't free memory as
long as there's a better use for it. It just maintains a few percent
free for interrupt handling. 

It's in the FAQ.