Gradual Increase in memory usage
Paul
unix at bikesn4x4s.com
Wed Feb 4 16:15:05 UTC 2004
Mine does the same thing and my setup is similar to yours. What I've
heard is that it is the pop3 deamon that sucks it up. I hear if you
replace it with Qpopper, there is a good improvement. I'm upgrading soon
from 512mg ram to 1024mg, just got I got a great deal on it, and I wanna
see if it will still max out. Right now it cuts into swap at times also.
I may try Qpopper also if that doesn't work.
> Hello,
>
> I am not sure if this is a problem with the kernel or due to the nature of
> the programs I am running....
>>From a fresh boot, memory usage averages around the 170 MB and as time
> passes it gradually increases to grab nearly all the available RAM (500MB)
>
> I was wondering if a recompilation of the kernel would help in resolving
> the
> memory problem.....Any suggestion or advice?
>
> [root at mail root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family : 6
> model : 4
> model name : AMD Athlon(tm) processor
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 995.566
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
> bogomips : 1985.74
>
> [root at mail root]# free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 506536 463176 43360 0 79864 151344
> -/+ buffers/cache: 231968 274568
> Swap: 522104 0 522104
>
> [root at mail root]# uname -r
> 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl (Athlon kernel)
>
> [root at mail root]# ps -aux
> USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
> root 1 0.0 0.1 2560 508 ? S 12:09 0:04 init [3]
> root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [keventd]
> root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [kapmd]
> root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN 12:09 0:00
> [ksoftirqd/0]
> root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [bdflush]
> root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [kswapd]
> root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [kupdated]
> root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00
> [mdrecoveryd]
> root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:01 [kjournald]
> root 67 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:09 0:00 [khubd]
> root 1779 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:10 0:00 [kjournald]
> root 1780 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:10 0:00 [kjournald]
> root 2493 0.0 0.1 1780 580 ? S 12:10 0:01 syslogd -m
> 0
> root 2497 0.0 0.2 3248 1336 ? S 12:10 0:00 klogd -c 1
> -2
> rpc 2515 0.0 0.1 3044 564 ? S 12:10 0:00 portmap
> root 2566 0.0 0.3 4308 1528 ? S 12:10 0:00
> /usr/sbin/sshd
> root 2587 0.0 0.9 10388 4696 ? S 12:10 0:01 ddclient -
> sleeping for 170 seconds
> root 2597 0.0 0.2 3628 1324 ? S 12:10 0:00
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd eth1
> root 2609 0.0 0.2 6036 1164 ? S 12:10 0:00 /bin/sh
> /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf
> mysql 2633 0.0 1.0 30424 5372 ? S 12:10 0:00
> /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --basedir=/us
> root 2653 0.0 2.3 13068 12144 ? S 12:10 0:00
> /usr/sbin/sophie -D
> root 2662 0.0 1.9 11664 9744 ? S 12:10 0:00
> /usr/sbin/trophie -D
> amavis 2672 0.0 5.5 33980 28040 ? S 12:10 0:01 amavisd
> (master)
> root 2679 0.0 0.8 9500 4464 ? S 12:10 0:02
> /usr/bin/perl
> -w /usr/local/bin/mailgraph.pl -l /var/log/mail
> root 2729 0.0 0.3 6984 1608 ? S 12:10 0:01
> /usr/libexec/postfix/master
> postfix 2759 0.0 0.3 7000 1680 ? S 12:10 0:00 qmgr -l -t
> fifo -u
> root 2983 0.0 1.8 22920 9268 ? S 12:11 0:00
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> nobody 2992 0.0 0.2 2416 1188 ? S 12:11 0:00 proftpd:
> (accepting connections)
> root 3001 0.0 0.1 2280 624 ? S 12:11 0:00 crond
> root 3014 0.0 0.3 6900 1692 ? S 12:11 0:00 squid -D
> squid 3016 0.0 1.5 12260 7860 ? S 12:11 0:06 (squid) -D
> squid 3018 0.0 0.0 2464 292 ? S 12:11 0:00 (unlinkd)
> apache 3027 0.0 2.7 26748 13748 ? S 12:11 0:00
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache 3028 0.0 2.7 27112 14096 ? S 12:11 0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache 3029 0.0 2.7 26820 13836 ? S 12:11 0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache 3030 0.0 2.8 27436 14432 ? S 12:11 0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache 3031 0.0 2.8 27572 14572 ? S 12:11 0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache 3032 0.0 2.7 27016 13976 ? S 12:11 0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache 3033 0.0 2.6 26392 13444 ? S 12:11 0:00
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache 3036 0.0 2.6 26760 13672 ? S 12:11 0:00
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> root 3037 0.0 0.5 12212 2732 ? S 12:11 0:00 smbd -D
> root 3041 0.0 0.4 10064 2392 ? S 12:11 0:00 nmbd -D
> nobody 3051 0.0 0.1 1552 524 ? S 12:11 0:00
> /usr/sbin/alertd -d
> root 3077 0.9 8.1 45004 41344 ? S 12:11 6:17 snort -D -c
> /etc/snort.conf
> suva 3117 0.0 0.2 3104 1296 ? S 12:11 0:00
> /usr/local/suva/bin/suvad
> root 3128 0.0 0.8 9396 4092 ? S 12:11 0:01 syswatch
> root 3139 0.0 0.6 8964 3356 ? S 12:11 0:00 webconfig
> -f
> /var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
> 500 3140 0.0 0.9 10048 4828 ? S 12:11 0:00 webconfig
> -f
> /var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
> root 3147 0.0 0.9 7196 4716 ? S 12:11 0:00
> /usr/bin/perl
> /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/min
> root 3152 0.0 0.0 2812 436 tty2 S 12:11 0:00
> /sbin/mingetty tty2
> root 3153 0.0 0.0 2300 436 tty3 S 12:11 0:00
> /sbin/mingetty tty3
> root 5368 0.0 0.1 3636 992 ? S 12:40 0:00 /bin/bash
> /sbin/adsl-connect /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/i
> root 5600 0.0 0.1 2900 848 ? S 12:41 0:00
> /usr/sbin/pppd pty /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid
> root 5601 1.4 0.0 2356 492 ? R 12:41 9:24
> /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid.pppoe -I eth0 -T 8
> named 8423 0.0 0.5 36800 2936 ? S 13:44 0:02
> /usr/sbin/named -u named
> peters 14492 0.3 1.5 52184 7720 ? S 16:36 1:18 python
> /tmp/BitTorrent-3.3/btlaunchmany.py torrents/active/
> 500 14562 0.0 1.0 10240 5216 ? S 16:39 0:00 webconfig
> -f
> /var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
> root 17444 0.0 0.2 2804 1016 ? S 17:48 0:00 login --
> root
> amavis 25978 0.0 5.7 34776 28956 ? S 22:15 0:01 amavisd
> (25978-06-3)
> root 27148 0.0 0.2 6208 1412 tty1 S 22:50 0:00 -bash
> root 27753 0.0 0.2 4356 1140 ? S 22:59 0:00
> /usr/sbin/dovecot
> root 27757 0.0 0.2 5068 1344 ? S 22:59 0:00
> dovecot-auth
> dovecot 27761 0.0 0.2 5128 1496 ? S 22:59 0:00 pop3-login
> dovecot 27762 0.0 0.2 5408 1496 ? S 22:59 0:00 pop3-login
> root 27765 0.6 0.2 6072 1252 tty1 S 22:59 0:03 top
> amavis 27919 0.0 5.6 34384 28564 ? S 23:00 0:00 amavisd
> (child)
> postfix 27927 0.0 0.3 6456 1580 ? S 23:00 0:00 pickup -l
> -t
> fifo -u
> dovecot 27928 0.0 0.2 4664 1500 ? S 23:00 0:00 imap-login
> dovecot 27929 0.0 0.2 5356 1500 ? S 23:00 0:00 imap-login
> postfix 27939 0.0 0.3 6364 1564 ? S 23:01 0:00 proxymap -t
> unix -u
> postfix 27941 0.0 0.3 6572 1916 ? S 23:01 0:00
> trivial-rewrite -n rewrite -t unix -u
> amavis 27944 0.0 2.4 13188 12164 ? S 23:01 0:00
> /usr/sbin/sophie -D
> amavis 27945 0.0 1.9 11668 9772 ? S 23:01 0:00
> /usr/sbin/trophie -D
> peters 27959 0.0 0.1 2036 744 ? S 23:02 0:00 imap
> dovecot 27960 0.0 0.2 5732 1500 ? S 23:02 0:00 imap-login
> amavis 27968 0.0 2.3 13068 12152 ? S 23:03 0:00
> /usr/sbin/sophie -D
> amavis 27969 0.0 1.9 11668 9768 ? S 23:03 0:00
> /usr/sbin/trophie -D
> root 27974 0.0 0.4 7516 2084 ? S 23:04 0:00 sshd:
> root at pts/1
> root 27976 0.0 0.2 6196 1392 pts/1 S 23:04 0:00 -bash
> postfix 28170 0.0 0.4 7116 2232 ? S 23:06 0:00 smtpd -n
> smtp
> -t inet -u
> postfix 28171 0.0 0.3 7064 2012 ? S 23:06 0:00 cleanup -z
> -t
> unix -u
> postfix 28172 0.0 0.3 6972 1668 ? S 23:06 0:00 lmtp -n
> smtp-amavis -t unix -u -o smtp_data_done_timeout 1200
> postfix 28174 0.0 0.4 6760 2052 ? S 23:06 0:00 smtpd -n
> 127.0.0.1:10025 -t inet -u -o content_filter -o loc
> postfix 28175 0.0 0.3 6796 1944 ? S 23:06 0:00 local -t
> unix
> dovecot 28197 0.0 0.2 4344 1496 ? S 23:07 0:00 pop3-login
> root 28208 0.0 0.1 3464 764 pts/1 R 23:09 0:00 ps -aux
>
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