F5 memory usage

Amazing that this is still a topic of discussion after all these years.

First off, Claud, you may want to pull down my HMS book from here: https://www.wuala.com/sjiveson/Public/?key=BlKE7DHaCzCL to give you a better understanding of what the HMS is.

This article of mine explains how the HMS fits into the wider TMOS architecture: http://packetpushers.net/what-the-heck-is-f5-networks-tmos/.

Once you understand that, hopefully this will make sense;

• Any non-tmsh command you use in the HMS bash shell (like free) will generally only relate to the HMS.
• Top is one exception and will actually give you valid figures for CPU and memory (for the TMM processes), this is the only non-tmsh command you should rely upon.
• To avoid confusion it's best to simply rely on tmsh commands.