Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 13:07:28 +1200 From: C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz (Craig Harding) To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trimming RAM usage on FreeBSD box Message-ID: <199609180927.CAA25024@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> writes:
>I have a small FreeBSD box that has 8MB of ram
>it is running a few servers that seem to
>use all it's RAM so I end up thrashing to the point that
>it becomes unusable.. (login takes about 15 minutes)
I hate to tell you this, but 8MB of RAM is tiny for a FreeBSD box,
especially one that's running as a network server of sorts (as opposed to a
personal workstation). I suggest you use lots of ps (and top - from the
ports collection I believe) to have a look at the memory usage of your system.
-- C.
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Craig Harding Acting Director, Massey University Television Production Centre
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