From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 30 7:18:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu (web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu [134.129.125.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C35B437B401 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:18:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tinguely@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu) Received: (from tinguely@localhost) by web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f7UEIgc50465; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:18:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tinguely) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:18:42 -0500 (CDT) From: mark tinguely Message-Id: <200108301418.f7UEIgc50465@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> To: dphoenix@bravenet.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: memory + apache In-Reply-To: <20010828054406.Q99717-100000@gandalf.bravenet.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Once a page gets backed into swap backstore, it will remain until the application exits. The page may be brought back to physical memory and be used from physical memory. It was decided back in the early days that it was not worth the effort to remove the page from backstore until the program exitted. Is your memory/CPU peaks periodic enough to watch with top(1) or other diagnostic tool. Something is eating your memory (like a run-away CGI). --mark tinguely. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message