TOP  command output

Hi,
Can anybody describe the following TOP Command output...
==========================================
Tasks: 197 total, 1 running, 196 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 12.0% us, 0.7% sy, 0.0% ni, 71.8% id, 15.5% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 4147796k total, 4120904k used, 26892k free, 25708k buffers
Swap: 8191992k total, 160k used, 8191832k free, 3624432k cached
4615 root 16 0 54320 15m 5952 S 24 0.4 4:41.11 X
1915 oratest 16 0 923m 620m 485m S 20 15.3 17:09.41 oracle
1730 oratest 16 0 385m 64m 23m S 4 1.6 0:54.07 java
1912 oratest 15 0 23516 9.9m 5368 S 1 0.2 0:36.71 sqlplus
1726 oratest 16 0 385m 64m 23m S 1 1.6 0:03.35 java
1913 oratest 16 0 385m 64m 23m S 1 1.6 0:13.00 java
2135 oratest 16 0 2448 1028 760 R 1 0.0 0:00.13 top
1887 oratest 15 0 689m 23m 21m D 0 0.6 0:20.74 oracle
1 root 16 0 3468 592 504 S 0 0.0 0:01.06 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.04 migration/0
3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.03 migration/1
5 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.04 migration/2
7 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/2
8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.03 migration/3
9 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/3
10 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 events/0
11 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 events/1
12 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 events/2
13 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 events/3
14 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
15 root 15 -10 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid
================================================
Why it is showing the Memory Free is 26 MB only...
Only one Database is running on this Machine SGA is around 600MB only.....
Why it is showing 26 MB Free of memory ....Can anybody please describe the TOP Command output.....

Hi, this doest look too good... " Swap: 8191992k total, 160k used"
this means you'r using some of you'r swap, "25708k buffers" and not becouse of you'r buffers.
try using ps -ef or top ( and sort by memory by hitting "m" ) and search for the process that uses you'r memory.

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    Edited by: user11936985 on Aug 29, 2011 8:44 AM

    Top has two sections, the summary information at the top of the screen which gives load averages, process counts, etc. and a bottom section which lists the "top processes". The prstat command standard report is similar to the bottom section of top. So if that is what you need, then prstat is an adequate substitute. It doesn't report the information in top's summary section. On the other hand, prstat is actually a much more powerful tool than top, especially is you use some of the other options. For example, "prstat -a" gives you the "top process" report plus a summary report of usage by user. If you use "prstat -J" you get a top process report with a summary by project and "prstat -Z" gives a top process report with a summary by zone. You can use options like -v or -m to get more information on each process in the "top process" section. There are other options mentioned in the manual page.
    Top works and works well on Solaris. You can get a copy form sunfreeware and probably other sources as well. It doesn't come from Oracle with Solaris 10 (but does come with Solaris 11). If you're a Linux shop you might want it because it is familiar. However, you may want to look at prstat as well because it can provide some useful information that top does not.

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