How to find Memory (RAM) available on a Linux Server
To find memory, use the free command.
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free -m |
Will show memory in MB.
The following is free -m on a server with 8 GB RAM.
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boby@sok-01:~$ free -m total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7949 5560 715 137 1673 1984 Swap: 9536 2660 6876 boby@sok-01:~$ |
To display memory usage in a human friendly way, use
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free -h |
Example
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boby@sok-01:~$ free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7.8Gi 5.4Gi 686Mi 143Mi 1.6Gi 1.9Gi Swap: 9.3Gi 2.6Gi 6.7Gi boby@sok-01:~$ |