Digest #09 - 4 Commands to Check Memory Usage in Linux

As sysadmin or Linux power user in some cases, we may run out of memory, resulting in very slow response times or our server becoming unresponsive, and you will want to know how much memory is being used by the process.

Here are 4 ways to monitor memory usage on your system.

1. free command

The most commonly used command for determining a Linux system's me…