The key figure being the available value as it displays how much memory is still available for running new applications. Memory reserved by the OS to allocate as buffers when process need themĮstimation of how much memory is available for starting new applications, without swapping.Ĭompared to the /proc/meminfo file, the free command provides less information. Unused memory (free= total – used – buff/cache) Memory currently in use by running processes (used= total – free – buff/cache)
The data represents the used/available memory and the swap memory figures in kilobytes.
