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Re: Example of "inactive" memory management

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In article <1lbb2bn.177oh11wbiev6N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson
<dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> > > Because Inactive memory also includes memory which has not been used
> > > recently but is not "disposable". It therefore has to be paged to disk
> > > before it can be freed for something else.
> > 
> > depends what's in it. if it's a recently launched app, it's already on
> > disk so there's no need to write it back out. if it's relaunched before
> > another app uses the memory, there's no need to read it back in.
> 
> As per what JF said earlier, he's getting page outs, therefore
> _something_ is being written to disk.

yes, but without seeing his machine it's impossible to tell exactly
what is going on.

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Example of "inactive" memory management JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-24 22:27 -0400
  Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-24 23:09 -0400
    Re: Example of "inactive" memory management JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-25 01:08 -0400
  Re: Example of "inactive" memory management dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-25 16:26 +1300
    Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-24 23:29 -0400
      Re: Example of "inactive" memory management dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-25 16:54 +1300
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-25 01:07 -0400
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-25 02:21 -0400
          Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-25 03:01 -0400
          Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 16:31 -0400
  Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-10-24 21:09 -0700
    Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-25 01:07 -0400
      Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-10-24 23:34 -0700
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-25 04:05 -0400
    Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 16:33 -0400
      Re: Example of "inactive" memory management billy@MIX.COM - 2013-10-25 21:11 +0000
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 17:56 -0400
      Re: Example of "inactive" memory management dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-26 13:12 +1300
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 20:50 -0400
          Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> - 2013-10-26 21:14 -0400
            Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-27 09:23 -0400

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