Memory management on Linux systems is complicated. Seeing high usage doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a problem. There are other things you should also consider.

To look at shared memory on a Linux system, you can try the ipcs command. This command is available on both Linux and Solaris systems, but your options will vary.

Useful Linux commands for examining memory usage and what the numbers mean ...

Silicon Graphics is behind the world's largest shared-memory Linux system, a 512-processor behemoth at NASA's Ames Research Center.

We have been excited about the possibilities of adding tiers of memory to systems, particularly persistent memories that are less expensive than DRAM but offer similar-enough performance and ...

An excerpt from Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals explaining memory management and the Linux/Unix address space.

Resources for “Memory Ordering in Modern Microprocessors, Part I” Software by Paul E. McKenney on June 28, 2005 ...