This “problem” is so common there is a website linuxatemyram.com which briefly describes what Linux is doing and why your RAM is not really gone. They have a good explanation there, but I didn’t find any graphs when looking through it, so I decided to run some experiments and graph the results. The code I […]
The Difference Between a Process, Thread, and Task
This post is a part of my study on system performance and troubleshooting. I’ve recently been bitten (again) by the performance bug. Having always been interested in keeping applications performant I have looked out for improvements where possible, but usually business deadlines overruled my desire to dive into the weeds of performance. I’ve decided to […]