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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: runaway memory in FreeBSD 2.2.1
Date: 24 Jun 1997 09:29:49 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <33AE8F93.41C67EA6@club-web.com>,
Mark Segal <mark@club-web.com> writes:
> Hello all,
> I was wondering if anyone else was having this problem, or if there is
> a cure to it.
> I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.1, the only upgrades ( i can remember doing) to
> the standard install is pop3 support with popper, upgraded to sendmail
> 8.8.6 and apache 1.2. The machine has 128 megs of ram and I have
> compiled support for it in my kernel.
> The problem is, when booting i have about 10-15 me usage.. three or
> four days later it has taken all the memory, degrading the performance
> of the system.
> Lastly, here are some screen dumps of top and ps aux.
>
> Thanxs,
> Mark
FreeBSDs "strategy" is to use up all memory, leaving stuff in the
disk cache - this stuff can be ditched if more memory is required.
It should only serve to speed things up rather than slow things
down.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !