Sunday, December 29, 2013

Memory Consumption in Linux

This web article from http://emilics.com talks about memory consumption by a process in Linux. As Linux has a sophisticated  memory management system, measuring may not be that simple.

Inside the article, it mention VSZ (Virtual Memory Size) and Demand Paging, RSS (Resident Set Size) and Shared Libraries, PSS (Proportional Set Size) and more.

Do read the article from Memory Consumption in Linux

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