RAM
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Random-access memory (RAM /ræm/) is a form of computer memory that can be read and write in any order typically used for CPU operations and storing volatile information.
Activities[edit]
- Review how much RAM you have in your linux computer by executing:
cat /proc/meminfo
- Review physical RAM modules in Linux as superuser with:
dmidecode --type memory
- Learn about how much RAM can a single CPU socket support in modern enterprise hardware. As of 2019 some servers support up to 3.0 TB per socket.[1]
- Use
free
command in Linux to review your memory usage - Use
sar -r
to view historical memory usage - Compare SDD and RAM speeds
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- Memory: RAM, DRAM, SDRAM, NVRAM, DMA, ECC, VRAM, Nanya, SGRAM, DDR
- wikipedia:DDR4_SDRAM and wikipedia:DDR5_SDRAM
- KVM: Virsh Memory Commands
- CPU, HDD and SSD
- Linux server administration/Performance and Troubleshooting
- Memory Unit
- Memory: memory pages, RAM, virsh Memory Commands, OOM, meminfo,
vmstat
, NAND, DDR,lsmem
,/dev/shm
,/proc/meminfo
,sar -r
, IOMMU,pmem
, Memory management, Garbage collector, THP, Linux Huge Page TLB
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