On 10/8/18 8:11 AM, Ram Rachum wrote:
" Windows will aggressively fill up your RAM in cases like this because after all why not? There's no use to having memory just sitting around unused."
Two questions:
1. Is the "why not" sarcastic, as in you're agreeing it's a waste? 2. Will this be different on Linux? Which command do I run on Linux to verify that the process isn't taking too much RAM?
Thanks, Ram. I would say the 'why not' isn't being sarcastic but pragmatic. (And I would expect Linux to work similarly). After all if you have a system with X amount of memory, and total memory demand for the other processes is 10% of X, what is the issue with letting one process use 80% of X with memory usages that is easy to clear out if something else wants it. A read only page that is already backed on the disk is trivial to make available for another usage.
Memory just sitting idle is the real waste. -- Richard Damon