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Detected process using Cached RAM
# Find out what process is using all the RAM?
ps -e -o pid,vsz,comm= | sort -n -k 2
# clear page cache only without interrupting any processes or services. (Run as Root)
sync; echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
# clear dentries and inodes only without interrupting any processes or services. (Run as Root)
sync; echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
# clear page cache, dentries and inodes only without interrupting any processes or services. (Run as Root)
sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
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