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# 1  
Old 07-24-2007
Memory Check in SUN Solaris

Hi

I am facing a problem with memory in SunOS 5.9. I just want to check the memory usage. Can anybody suggest me a command that will help me in this regard.
# 2  
Old 07-24-2007
look at "vmstat".
# 3  
Old 07-26-2007
Hi

I am getting the following when i use the vmstat but unable to decipher much out of it. Can any body help..

$ vmstat
kthr memory page disk faults cpu
r b w swap free re mf pi po fr de sr m0 m1 m2 m3 in sy cs us sy id
0 0 0 6646576 2928584 22 116 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 506 142 15 1 1 99
# 4  
Old 07-26-2007
maybe a look at the vmstat manpage can help you out?

Code:
root@miraculix # vmstat 1
 kthr      memory            page            disk          faults      cpu
 r b w   swap  free  re  mf pi po fr de sr s6 sd sd --   in   sy   cs us sy id
 1 0 0 5243008 1848104 179 1157 608 8 2 0 284 0 39 0 0 1184 5525 2222 13 10 77
 0 0 0 5752976 1805520 2 51  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 1151  184  169  0  1 99
 0 0 0 5752968 1805512 0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 1153   89  165  0  0 100
 0 0 0 5752968 1805512 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 1141   91  158  0  1 99
 0 0 0 5752968 1805512 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 1149   87  156  0  0 100
 0 0 0 5752968 1805512 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0 1148   96  170  0  1 99
 0 0 0 5752968 1805512 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 1146   82  167  0  0 99
 0 0 0 5752968 1805512 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 1189  119  190  0  1 99
 0 0 0 5752968 1805512 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 1185  106  182  0  0 100


Last edited by DukeNuke2; 04-25-2010 at 05:29 AM..
# 5  
Old 07-27-2007
if you want to see what procs are using most memory, use this command so u have a sorted list of procs.

prstat -s size

vmstat and top are good alternatives. Vmstat is not very obvious about the usage, but once u have read the man page, things get a little easier.

-GGR
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