Date: 31 Mar 2005 09:27:45 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Warren <shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with Azureus Message-ID: <44oecz51r2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200503310205.10060.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> References: <200503310205.10060.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com>
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Warren <shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> writes: > I recently had trouble with Azureus using approx 53% of my mem and 90% of my > SWAP so idecided to upgrade my RAM from 512 to 1gig thinking this would solve > my problem, but alas i was mistaken. > > Is there a way i can instruct it so Azureus only uses a certain %? As it is > when this program is running it pritty well much bogs down my machine making > it damn near impossible to do anything else. > > It also uses so much it gets to the point where there is no more SWAP left for > it to use and ends up closing itself down. You can always use process limits, but that will just cause the process to close down sooner. Azureus is a Java application, and Java does its own memory management. One implication of this is that its memory use should not be able to grow unbounded. A quick search pointed me at: http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.php/MemoryUsage
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