From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 18 23:22:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA16407 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:22:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA16396 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id PAA03626; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:52:28 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970919155227.30484@lemis.com> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:52:27 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Cassandra Perkins Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.8.6 and Running Out of Swap References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: ; from Cassandra Perkins on Thu, Sep 18, 1997 at 10:11:46PM -0700 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Sep 18, 1997 at 10:11:46PM -0700, Cassandra Perkins wrote: > Since I upgraded from sendmail 8.6.12 to 8.8.6, the systemp started > reporting the kernel messages: > > Sep 18 20:00:42 patty /kernel: swap_pager: out of space > Sep 18 20:00:42 patty /kernel: Process 15473 killed by vm_pageout -- out > of swap > > The mail server has 32MB of RAM and 128MB swap. The server doesn't > appears any more active than before. Is there a possible bug or option in > the new sendmail version that could be causing this problem? There's no a priori reason to expect that this is related to sendmail; the only thing pointing to is is the upgrade. Take a look at your process sizes (ps and top) and swap space usage (pstat -s). They should point you towards the real culprit. Swap usage seems to be on the increase. A year ago, I got by quite happily with 50 MB on a 32 MB system. Now I have increased memory to 96 MB, but frequently use up to 200 MB swap. I can't make up my mind whether this reflects changes in my habits or changes in the system. Greg