Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 21:29:42 -0700 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I find out how much memory the kernel is using now? Message-ID: <29194.896243382@monkeys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 26 May 1998 21:22:18 -0700. <Pine.BSF.3.96.980526212144.13318P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.980526212144.13318P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>, you wrot e: >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? If it was leaking memory, then that fact would show up (glaringly) on a `ps -l' report would it not? I am seeing no evidence of that. >> number?? Is that really saying that I only have 3.8 MB left for user-level >> processes?? > >That isn't bad. Ah... excuse?? Come again? I spent good money to put 32 MB of main memory in this puppy and now when I say that it look like the OS is using up all but 3.8 MB of that you say ``That isn't bad''. It sure as hell _is_ bad in my book. Jeeezzzz. Even Windoze NT doesn't suck memory THIS bad! P.S. I am still hoping for an answer to my original question... How can I tell exactly how much memory the OS itself is using at any given instant in time? -- Ron Guilmette, Roseville, California ---------- E-Scrub Technologies, Inc. -- Deadbolt(tm) Personal E-Mail Filter demo: http://www.e-scrub.com/deadbolt/ -- Wpoison (web harvester poisoning) - demo: http://www.e-scrub.com/wpoison/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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