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Layers of Memory and Access Speed
This section describes layers of memory: CPU Register, CPU Caches, RAM and hard disk.
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List CPU Caches and Their Sizes
This section describes how to use 'lscpu', 'lshw' and 'dmidecode' commands to list CPU caches and their sizes.
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What Is Shell
This section provides a quick introduction of shell programs on Ubuntu computer. Bash (Bourne Again SHell) is the default shell program.
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Buffer Memory and Cache Memory
This section describes buffer memory and cache memory, which are temporary memory allocations in the free RAM area to improve data input and output performance on hard disk.
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/proc/{id}/smaps - Process Memory Map Details
This section describes the pseudo file '/proc/{id}/smaps' that represents virtual memory map of a given process with detailed information on each mapped area.
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Manage "apt" Package Repositories
This section provides a quick introduction on 'apt' package repositories, which are defined in the /etc/apt/sources.list file.
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"free" - Display Free and Used Memory
This section provides a tutorial example on how to display free and used memory information using the 'free' command on Ubuntu systems.
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"xz/unxz" - Compressed *.xz or *.lzma Files
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use 'xz' and 'unxz' commands to compress large files and restore them later. Compressed files will have the *.xz file name extension.
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"jobs" - Manage Background Jobs
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use 'jobs' command to display background jobs, which are processes with input detached the keyboard. You can start a background job by adding the 'ampersand' sign to the end of the commmad.
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"tar -c" and "tar -x" - Create and Extract Archive Files
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use 'tar -c' command to compress multiple file and sub-directories into an archive file and use 'tar -x' command to extract files out of an archive file.
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"find" - Search for Files
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use 'find' command to search for files in a directory tree. '-name' and '-size' are 2 commonly used search conditions.
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"ps -o rss,drs,trs,vsz,sz" - Process Status Options
This section provides a tutorial on how to 'ps -o rss,drs,trs,vsz,sz' command to report memory usage of each running process.
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Layers of Memory and Access Speed
This section describes layers of memory: CPU Register, CPU Caches, RAM and hard disk.
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List CPU Caches and Their Sizes
This section describes how to use 'lscpu', 'lshw' and 'dmidecode' commands to list CPU caches and their sizes.
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Memory Management
This chapter provides introductions and tutorial notes on memory management. Topics include memory layers and access speed; cache memory levels; virtual memory and physical memory mapping; page table; buffers, caches and swap spaces; memory usage reporting tools: free, ps, smem, pmap, /proc/meminfo,...
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Virtual Memory Mapping and Page Table
This section describes virtual memory page, physical memory frame, and page table that maps a page to a frame.
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/proc/{id}/maps - Process Memory Map
This section describes the pseudo file '/proc/{id}/maps' that represents virtual memory map of a given process.
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pmap - Process Memory Map
This section provides a tutorial on how to install 'smem' and use it to report memory usage of each running process.
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Buffer Memory and Cache Memory
This section describes buffer memory and cache memory, which are temporary memory allocations in the free RAM area to improve data input and output performance on hard disk.
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Virtual Memory vs. Physical Memory
This section describes virtual memory, which is mapped to physical memory through MMU (Memory Management Unit).
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What Is Swap Space
This section describes swap space, reserved area on the hard disk that extends RAM to form a larger physical memory.
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"who | w" - Logged-in Users and Their Running Commands
This section provides a tutorial example on how to display logged-in users and their running commands using 'who' and 'w' commands on Linux systems.
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smem - Process Memory Usage Report
This section provides a tutorial on how to install 'smem' and use it to report memory usage of each running process.
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/proc/{id}/smaps - Process Memory Map Details
This section describes the pseudo file '/proc/{id}/smaps' that represents virtual memory map of a given process with detailed information on each mapped area.
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