Optimal memory split for an headless server

[mariosangiorgio]

I own a Raspberry PI model B with 512MB of RAM. I am not running any graphical application on it. It just run a few services and when I need to administer it I do that via SSH.

I see that my /boot/config.txt file contains the following line

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gpu_mem_512=316

I am not using anything graphical at all so it feels a bit of a waste. At the moment my system is not memory hungry, but I don't foresee I'm going to attach a screen to it so I'd like to have a memory split optimised for my use.

What is the optimal split for my situation?

[rpdom]

If you're not using any of the intensive GPU functions, you can get away with gpu_mem=16 or gpu_mem_512=16

Check that it has worked (after a reboot) with vcgencmd get_mem gpu

[mariosangiorgio]

Thanks, it worked. It rebooted, the setting applied and everything is running fine.