Difference between physical memory size in prtconf and mdb -k, ::memstat
807567Oct 25 2006 — edited Oct 26 2006Where is my 341 MB of RAM?
Why Memory size from "prtconf " doesn't equel to Physical memory size
from "echo '::memstat' |mdb -k"
bash-3.00# prtconf|head -2
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u
Memory size: 16384 Megabytes
bash-3.00# echo '::memstat' |mdb -k
Page Summary Pages MB %Tot
------------ ---------------- ---------------- ----
Kernel 72305 564 3%
Anon 20890 163 1%
Exec and libs 5114 39 0%
Page cache 145147 1133 7%
Free (cachelist) 302918 2366 15%
Free (freelist) 1540914 12038 74%
Total 2087288 16306
Physical 2053605 16043
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYSTEM
bash-3.00# uname -a
SunOS xxxxxx 5.10 Generic_118822-25 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V490
bash-3.00# pagesize
8192