diff --git a/BIND-9-Memory-Explained.md b/BIND-9-Memory-Explained.md index 438dbd6..c39b48f 100644 --- a/BIND-9-Memory-Explained.md +++ b/BIND-9-Memory-Explained.md @@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ MALLOCED: 13.3MiB == 13.3MiB The rule of thumb is > Don't use the `top` command -There are better tools that are less misleading. There are two tools the are easily available on modern Linux systems - `pmap` and `smem`. +There are better tools that are less misleading. Most importantly the VIRT value reported by `top` (and VSZ value reported by `ps`) are meaningless. + +There are two better tools the are easily available on modern Linux systems - `pmap` and `smem`. #### pmap