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Retired_Member
Sep 02, 2014NETGEAR ReadyNAS memory exhaust
Hello, i own ReadyNAS 312 from Netgear. I have upgraded RAM from 2GB to 4GB using guides from the internet and also using SO-DIMM DDR3 module that has been reccommended from users as a supporte...
TeknoJnky
Sep 02, 2014Hero
free and cat and top looks pretty normal.
You can see from the 'cached' field that alot of the otherwise unused memory is being used cache of some sort.
I dont' know enough about htop to interpret the seemingly multiple duplicate processes being displayed, these may be simply the threads assigned to the main process (so the server can handle multiple things simulaniously), or it could be some kind of script or whatever starting multiple instances when it should be just 1 (or only a small few).
In any case, you can see that the 'swap' file is not being used, so you are in no danger of running out of physical ram.
You can see from the 'cached' field that alot of the otherwise unused memory is being used cache of some sort.
I dont' know enough about htop to interpret the seemingly multiple duplicate processes being displayed, these may be simply the threads assigned to the main process (so the server can handle multiple things simulaniously), or it could be some kind of script or whatever starting multiple instances when it should be just 1 (or only a small few).
In any case, you can see that the 'swap' file is not being used, so you are in no danger of running out of physical ram.
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