In computing, memory refers to the state information of a computing system, as it is kept active in some physical structure.
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How to reduce ClamAV memory usage?
I'm running a Ubuntu based web server (Apache, MySQL) on a 512MB VPS. This is more than sufficient for the website it is running (small forum).
As I wanted to add some protection against viruses I ...
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Why does MemTotal in /proc/meminfo change?
I monitor value from /proc/meminfo file, namely the MemTotal: number. It changes if a ram module breaks, roughly by size of the memory module - this is obvious.
I know the definition for the field ...
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What's exactly Compile time, Load time, and Execution time? [closed]
It's said,
Compile time -- When it is known at compile time where the process will reside, compile time binding is used to generate the absolute code. Here I'm not sure what is the absolute code?
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Preventing a new instance of a program to open when calling it
My problem is with FBI (frame buffer image viewer) for Linux, but my question and any answers are perhaps applicable to more than only that program. I don't know. Anyway…
While things are loading on ...
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Amount of memory transfer on a running Linux
Can I determinate the amount of RAM exchange (between the CPU and the RAM) on a running Linux system?
I'm not looking for the max RAM speed (then memtest would be valid answer). I'm looking for the ...
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Java/malloc memory corruption error when running SDK Android Manager
I want to install Android SDK, so I manually installed Java JDK 7u51, downloaded SDK ADT bundle for Linux x64, and tried to run it. When I run android, the SDK manager windows hangs halfway through ...
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Is this method safe or recommended for moving a /home directory?
I have my linux install on a small disk. I want to put the home directory on a different hard-drive. I was thinking of using this and then this. Would this work? Is there a better way? Should I just ...
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Is there something wrong with df output? [duplicate]
I'm using the command df -h to check disk usage on CentOS 6.4. I see an inconsistency with the output.
look at the line Filesystem: total 490Gb, used 55Gb, and Available 411Gb. What is it mean?
I ...
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Memory usage on SunOS and Linux
I have some doubts with memory usage.
Currently I have nagios check who measures used memory from free -m command on Linux. I added another script for memory usage from ...
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How to install memusg tool
I've tried with yum install memusg but returned:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Setting up Install Process
No package memusg available
Error: nothing to do
Any solution
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Why do the data and code segments completely overlap in Linux?
Context: I'm reading "Understanding the Linux kernel, 3d ed", which uses the 2.6.11 kernel.
Question: As I understand, the physical address is obtained by translating the linear address, which is ...
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memory consumption alert
My VPS has reported a memory consumption alert says reached 273% and I cannot access any of my sites.
But I checked on the terminal today and it does not look like a memory problem. Am I correct in ...
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Loading a kernel driver to a specific memory address
How can I load a kernel driver at a specific memory address?
How could it be done with the following methods?
commands/scripts like insmod or modprobe
using C code (not sure if there may exist ...
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Is it possible to find the physical address range of a DIMM?
I note that SMBios Type 20 would help here, but it's optional as of version 2.5 (2006-09-05) pp. 25, L796, and pp. 131, whereas types 16, 17 and 19 are mandatory, but don't quite help.
Physical ...
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Worker MPM or Prefork?
I understand that there is a comparison topic between the two modules but this is different.
I was contacting cPanel support in order to help me freeing up some memory usage on the VPS. They found ...
