There are several commands for checking up on memory usage in a Linux system. Focusing on which processes and users are consuming the most memory can benefit from a few carefully crafted tools and ...

A novel Linux Kernel cross-cache attack named SLUBStick has a 99% success in converting a limited heap vulnerability into an arbitrary memory read-and-write capability, letting the researchers ...

Major and minor page faults Linux systems allocate memory to processes by breaking physical memory into chunks called “pages” and then mapping those pages into process virtual memory.

The built-in resource manager on Proxmox detects "used" memory rather than what’s "available" to the system. Since Linux VMs leverage disk caches like there’s no tomorrow, you’re bound to notice ...

Introduction Linux, an immensely powerful and versatile operating system, sits at the heart of countless applications, from tiny embedded devices to massive servers. A pivotal aspect for any user, ...

We have some Websphere Linux application servers. We are trying to monitor process memory usage, to accomplish this in AIX we have always used svmon; I cannot seem to find Linux replacement is ...

Achieving optimal Linux performance through tuning is a time-consuming process that requires a Linux expert to conduct numerous experiments.

Linux works well for most jobs, but to get it to work great requires kernel tuning, and that's never easy. ByteDance has a proposal to make this easier.

But on a device, within a set-top box or next-generation fax machine, for example, these abilities are often unnecessary and cause the application to exceed available memory and CPU resources. In ...

Christoph Lameter from Jump Trading LLC gave this talk at the OpenFabrics Workshop. "Recently new types of memory have shown up like HBM (High Bandwidth Memory), Optane, 3DXpoint, NVDIMM, NVME and ...