Linux: Free up virtual memory without rebooting
Published by expire0
Posted on May 01, 2018
Found some interesting commands to free up some virtual memory without a reboot. I did not think the command will work so i ran a test in the lab and sure enough. It works like a charm.
just so you can see real time stats
sync; echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
To clear inodes
sync; echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
To clear free memory
sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Path to drop caches file /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
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