Categories: Core Linux

Drop Memory Cache

 

 

On the server with Linux OS if you observe that lot of the memory is being cached.. Like shown below

total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 12155 11741 414 0 303 5830
-/+ buffers/cache: 5608 6547
Swap: 24999 0 24999

You can free up the memory cache using the below commands
To free pagecache:

[root@Supp0rtAdmin]# echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

To free dentries and inodes:

[root@Supp0rtAdmin]# echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

To free pagecache, dentries and inodes:

[root@Supp0rtAdmin]# echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

You can atomize this task by simply creating the file Clear_Memory_Cache.sh with the following code in it

[root@server123]# cd /etc/cron.hourly/

[root@server123]# vi Clear_Memory_Cache.sh

#!/bin/sh
sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

And restart crond dameon

[root@server123]# /etc/init.d/crond restart


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