From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 25 17:32:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA24079 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:32:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA24074 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:32:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id SAA05946; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:32:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199708260032.SAA05946@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Slowly declining memory To: pcoyne@br-inc.com Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:32:17 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "pcoyne@br-inc.com" at Aug 25, 97 03:18:03 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Given a relatively static machine (i.e. runs DNS only) why does > 'free' memory slowly but surely reduce (in top) day after day? That one's a no-brainer: the DNS cache is slowly acquiring more memory. ps should show the 'vsz' of named slowly growing larger as the cache grows, and as free memory disappears. This is a good thing; it save you from having to hit the network for *every* named resolution. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com