# buffer cache information

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/buffer-cache-information/142212>\
**Category:** Filesystems, Disks and Memory\
**Created:** [April 12, 2002, 9:50am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/buffer-cache-information/142212 "2002-04-12T09:50:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vish\_shan](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/vish_shan/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@vish\_shan](https://community.unix.com/u/vish_shan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 9:50am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/buffer-cache-information/142212/1 "2002-04-12T09:50:59Z")

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anybody please tell me how do i get all the information  
about buffer cache in hp-ux .if anybody familiar with the system  
call them please specify .

```
i found the extern variables in /sys/buf.h . but that didn't help .:\)
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**Author:** ![system](https://community.unix.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c7e9e16a595259edafe88615719d5c5dcda035c2.png) [@system](https://community.unix.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 9:57am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/buffer-cache-information/142212/2 "2002-04-12T09:57:04Z")

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Try this page - everything you ever wanted to know about

[HP-UX Kernel Tuning and Performance Guide](http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/os/11.0/tuningwp.html#lotsdes)

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**Author:** ![vish\_shan](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/vish_shan/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@vish\_shan](https://community.unix.com/u/vish_shan)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/buffer-cache-information/142212/3 "2002-04-15T03:19:41Z")

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thanks for your reply . but the page you diverted me at  
contained only explanation about the configurable parameters  
i needed complete information about the buffer cache  
at run time i,e .please see if you can .