From f5b75cbb73e52a451781735fdc1868cb9b78a07f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marcel-dempers Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:25:43 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] course updates --- .../operating-systems/linux/monitoring/memory/README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/course/content/operating-systems/linux/monitoring/memory/README.md b/course/content/operating-systems/linux/monitoring/memory/README.md index e97bfa8..0ee201d 100644 --- a/course/content/operating-systems/linux/monitoring/memory/README.md +++ b/course/content/operating-systems/linux/monitoring/memory/README.md @@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ As requests by this application increase or decrease, memory usage can either in If this application runs on a server that is shared by other applications, they would contend for the memory resource.
+General Memory usage: +* Memory is used when an application starts as it is loaded into memory from disk +* Memory usage is dependant on the type of application and how it uses data + * Database application may hold data in memory (caching) + * Microservice may load data over the network (from another service or database) + * Memory used in an ongoing manner by application and needs cleanup + * Job application that processes a large amount of data + Things we have to consider: * Is the memory usage of each application justified and normal ? * What does the memory usage of this application look like over time ?