In this tutorial you will learn everything you need to know about cache memory in an easy to follow language. The cache memory is the hig-speed memory insite the CPU.
slabtop command (part of the package procps) shows top memory objects used by the kernel.
dstat can help you figure out what is happening. dstat -cdnpmgs --top-bio --top-cpu --top-mem
Also have a look at smem ("smem -kt"), it can show you nicely what is in your swap.
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