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Tue Nov 13 08:16:38 EST 2012
Thanks,
Allan
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Boris Borisov < bugyatl at gmail.com > wrote:
I was running on both of mine cheapo tablets quadrant benchmark. On
system info - memory section the program shows inactive RAM of certain
amount. Anybody with an idea what the inactive RAM means? I would like
my memory back :)
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'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif, Georgia, Courier, 'Times New Roman', serif; fo=
nt-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Too many wars have been fought over misu=
nderstanding of RAM usage...</span>"<div><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sa=
ns-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif"=
>I'm pretty sure that is why Gavrilo Princip was so upset with the Archduke=
Ferdinand. At least, that's what I heard.</font></div><div><font face=3D"a=
rial, helvetica, sans-serif">;-)<br></font><div><hr id=3D"zwchr" style=3D"c=
olor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1=
2pt;"><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san=
s-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-dec=
oration: none;"><b>From: </b>"Allan Davis" <cajun.code at gmail.com><br>=
<b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>=
Friday, March 22, 2013 12:16:14 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] OT: Android=
RAM<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family=
:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New =
Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">Inactive most likely refers t=
o ram which has recently been used by an application (but no longer needed)=
, and is still being tracked. It is basically free ram, and will get freed =
up as it is needed, but the benefits of doing it this way, is that Applicat=
ions can be restarted quicker sometimes (think of it maybe as a cache). It'=
s cheap for the OS to free the memory, so prematurely releasing it does ver=
y little except give the shiny satisfaction that your free memory is better=
. Inactive RAM may also contain cache (but not sure what exactly it's refer=
ring to). </span><br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,=
Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',se=
rif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">
<br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuche=
t MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;lin=
e-height:19px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahom=
a,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;f=
ont-size:12px;line-height:19px">RAM is poorly understood on computers too a=
ctually. There was a report recently which claimed that </span><a href=
=3D"http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Premium-64bit-System-Builder/dp/B004Q0PT3=
I/ref=3Dsr_1_2?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1353684038&sr=3D8-2&keywords=3Dw=
indows+7" class=3D"" target=3D"_blank" title=3D"Shopping Link Added by Skim=
Words" style=3D"color:rgb(46,54,74);text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdan=
a,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',=
serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">windows 7</a><span style=3D"color:rg=
b(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Geor=
gia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px"></span=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebu=
chet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;=
line-height:19px"></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Ver=
dana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roma=
n',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px"> was using up all available =
ram and there was swapping. What the guy at the company didn't understand w=
as that a lot of it was cache which was freed as needed. </span>=
<br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuche=
t MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;lin=
e-height:19px">
<br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuche=
t MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;lin=
e-height:19px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahom=
a,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;f=
ont-size:12px;line-height:19px">More info is at: </span><a href=3D"htt=
p://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20006694-263.html" class=3D"" title=3D"Ex=
ternal link" rel=3D"nofollow external" style=3D"color:rgb(81,170,218);font-=
family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Time=
s New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px" target=3D"_blank">http:=
//reviews.cnet....006694-263.html</a><br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-=
family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Time=
s New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">
<br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuche=
t MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;lin=
e-height:19px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahom=
a,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;f=
ont-size:12px;line-height:19px">In a nutshell though, free RAM is wasted ra=
m. The important statistic is active RAM/Total RAM available.. Too many war=
s have been fought over misunderstanding of RAM usage...</span><br>
<div><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'T=
rebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:1=
2px;line-height:19px"><br></span></div><div style=3D""><span style=3D"color=
:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,G=
eorgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">Fro=
m Post:</span></div>
<div style=3D""><font color=3D"#4e565e" face=3D"Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Tre=
buchet MS, sans-serif, Georgia, Courier, Times New Roman, serif"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:12px;line-height:19px"><a href=3D"http://www.modaco.com/topi=
c/315527-inactive-ram/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.modaco.com/topic/31552=
7-inactive-ram/</a></span></font><br>
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nt-size:12px;line-height:19px">Thanks,</span></font></div>
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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Boris =
Borisov <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bugyatl at gmail.com" target=
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I was running on both of mine cheapo tablets quadrant benchmark. On<br>
system info - memory section the program shows inactive RAM of certain<br>
amount. Anybody with an idea what the inactive RAM means? I would like<br>
my memory back :)<br>
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