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AIX memory usage always high

hi,
I want to ask , my AIX 6.1 is always used about 97% memory.

Is this normal ?

or any command can free up memory like Linux ?

thanks.

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Hello.

You could save yourself some time by searching the forum before asking a question. The linked thread may refer to an earlier version of AIX, but it's for the same reason.

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