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Operating Systems Linux Linux Server free memory decreases Post 302261597 by Vaibhav Agarwal on Tuesday 25th of November 2008 06:22:08 AM
Old 11-25-2008
Yes On my server cache memory also increases some kbs in each 15 minutes
For eg:- if free memory decreases 600 kb then cache memory increases only 100kb

Please tell what is the reason why cache increases
and any kernel tuning required for this problem.
 

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WINCACHE_RPLIST_MEMINFO(3)						 1						WINCACHE_RPLIST_MEMINFO(3)

wincache_rplist_meminfo - Retrieves information about memory usage by the resolve file path cache

SYNOPSIS
array wincache_rplist_meminfo (void ) DESCRIPTION
Retrieves information about memory usage by resolve file path cache. RETURN VALUES
Array of meta data that describes memory usage by resolve file path cache. or FALSE on failure The array returned by this function contains the following elements: o memory_total - amount of memory in bytes allocated for the resolve file path cache o memory_free - amount of free memory in bytes available for the resolve file path cache o num_used_blks - number of memory blocks used by the resolve file path cache o num_free_blks - number of free memory blocks available for the resolve file path cache o memory_overhead - amount of memory in bytes used for the internal structures of resolve file path cache EXAMPLES
Example #1 A wincache_rplist_meminfo(3) example <pre> <?php print_r(wincache_rplist_meminfo()); ?> </pre> The above example will output: Array ( [memory_total] => 9437184 [memory_free] => 9416744 [num_used_blks] => 23 [num_free_blks] => 1 [memory_overhead] => 416 ) SEE ALSO
wincache_fcache_fileinfo(3), wincache_fcache_meminfo(3), wincache_ocache_fileinfo(3), wincache_ocache_meminfo(3), wincache_rplist_file- info(3), wincache_refresh_if_changed(3), wincache_ucache_meminfo(3), wincache_ucache_info(3), wincache_scache_info(3), wincache_scache_mem- info(3). PHP Documentation Group WINCACHE_RPLIST_MEMINFO(3)
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