Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 21:22:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I find out how much memory the kernel is using now? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980526212144.13318P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <15378.896217511@monkeys.com>
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On Tue, 26 May 1998, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > I have a FreeBSD box configured (via sysctl) to allow for a large number of > both open files (system-wide) and also for a large number of open network > connections (system-wide). > > This box has very little running on it, only a few processes, the largest > of which is about 5.5 megs (virtual), but I have 32 MB of physical memory > in the box. > > Still, the thing seems to be swapping like crazy. Why? I need to find out > exactly why, and soon. Run top and watch what turns to <brackets>. <bracketed> processes are swapped out. Perhaps your huge process is leaking memory? > number?? Is that really saying that I only have 3.8 MB left for user-level > processes?? That isn't bad. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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