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--- how_we_measure [2021/01/16 19:06] – [How we measure] senioradmin
+++ how_we_measure [2021/01/16 22:28] – [Measuring with smem] senioradmin
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 The "proportional set size" ([[glossary#PSS|PSS]]) smem reports is the memory the program plus the '"fair share" of each shared area to give a realistic measure.' That means, of course, the program's PSS will shrink the more programs with the same shared libraries will run.
-We will measure all programs under the same condition, by running as few as background processes as possible and only those which are needed for the program - obviously we have to run X11 to measure the memory usage for a graphical program which runs under X11.
+We will measure all programs under the same condition, by running as few as background processes as possible and only those which are needed for the program - obviously we have to run X11 to measure the memory usage for a graphical program which runs under X11. As it is default on Linux, the **unit used is kilobyte (kB)**