先应该同步一下
[root@mysql172 ~]# sync
再执行
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
查看内存占用情况
[root@mysql172 ~]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 12010 9433 2577 0 4 24
-/+ buffers/cache: 9404 2606
Swap: 4094 838 3256
此处的内存使用情况:第一行的buffer和cached为物理内存分配出来,但是buffer和cached还没有使用的大小。
- buffers/cache 反应的是被程序实实在在吃掉的内存+ buffers/cache 反应的是可以挪用的内存总数
第二行的-/+buffer/cache中的使用内存used为物理内存分配给buffer和cached的使用情况,free为真实的内存剩余大小。总内存:memory=used+free=used1+free1=buffers+cached+used1+free也就是说:free1=free+buffers+cache。内存中的buffers和cached为内存使用的机制。Buffers和cached:
A buffer is something that has yet to be "written" to disk.A cache is something that has been "read" from the disk and stored for later use.
Buffers(缓冲区)根据磁盘的读写设计的,为还没有写入硬盘,cached(缓存)是把读取过的数据保存起来,为已被从硬盘中读取和存入硬盘以备使用。
swap还是使用中。。。求问该咋办。。。。
swapoff -a;swapon -a
终于free -m看到swap为空了。
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Linux下清理内存和Cache方法 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
频繁的文件访问会导致系统的Cache使用量大增
$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3955 3926 28 0 55 3459
-/+ buffers/cache: 411 3544
Swap: 5726 0 5726
free内存减少到几十兆,系统运行缓慢
运行sync将dirty的内容写回硬盘
$sync
通过修改proc系统的drop_caches清理free的cache
$echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
drop_caches的详细文档如下:
Writing to this will cause the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
To free pagecache:
* echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
To free dentries and inodes:
* echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
To free pagecache, dentries and inodes:
* echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
As this is a non-destructive operation, and dirty objects are notfreeable, the user should run "sync" first in order to make sure allcached objects are freed.
This tunable was added in 2.6.16.
修改/etc/sysctl.conf 添加如下选项后就不会内存持续增加
vm.dirty_ratio = 1
vm.dirty_background_ratio=1
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs=2
vm.dirty_expire_centisecs=3
vm.drop_caches=3
vm.swappiness =100
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=163
vm.overcommit_memory=2
vm.lowmem_reserve_ratio=32 32 8
kern.maxvnodes=3
上面的设置比较粗暴,使cache的作用基本无法发挥。需要根据机器的状况进行适当的调节寻找最佳的折衷。