I also notice leaking in TF2. I have a plugin restart my servers after ~2000 uptime if empty or else it gets to the point where it lags the server down.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:11 PM, David A. Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this leak specific to L4D? I have noticed this happening in TF2 as > well. > > Thanks, > Dave > > Milton Ngan wrote: > > I can confirm there is a slow leak in the L4D dedicated servers. I have > informed the L4D team of the issue. Hopefully someone will be able to find > it before the next update. > > > > Just FYI. I am monitoring the servers via Munin. I am using the standard > memory graph to show when the servers are going into swap, and it is easy to > see the slow increase over time of the committed memory. Once this hits your > physical memory limit, you will be forced into swap and perf hits the floor. > The only way to get around this, is to restart the srcds process. I do this > about once a week using a rolling restart of the srcds around 4am. > > > > The leak isn't big, but if you have a lot of forked servers, the change > is quite large. I have also had to reduce the number of forks to avoid > restarting the servers every night. > > > > M. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Lindblom > > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:11 AM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] L4D / SRCDS Linux - Memory leak. > > > > To get a good picture of the servers use of memory we have to look at > more > > then "top" as ics say. > > > > If I look at "top" on our servers I se 15% mem is used by one instance of > > srcds, the other 3 is using less then 4%. > > If I then does a "ps aux" then non of srcds is using more then 3-4% mem. > > > > Please check this site about memory problems > > http://rimuhosting.com/howto/memory.jsp > > > > We have many servers running and having no problems with memory. > > its more problems with updates and plugins. > > > > But if you want to restart them once a week- use cron, > > > > Good Luck ! > > > > Peter > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "ics" <[email protected]> > > To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] L4D / SRCDS Linux - Memory leak. > > > > > >> Linux reserves all memory to its use so for example cmd top may show > >> thata all memory is "used" but when the all memory is really on use (as > >> shown with cmd free), the server first starts swap to disk and when swap > >> (that's usually 2x the memory installed) runs out, shit hits the fan. > >> > >> Just kill the process to free memory and restart it. Its not that big > >> deal to do once a week, or sooner, depending the count of the servers / > >> memory on the machine. > >> > >> -ics > >> > >> Guillaume Parent kirjoitti: > >>> What the heck? Of course it's a problem! Nobody wants his box to leak > >>> memory until a crash inevitably happens! > >>> > >>>> Linux dont use memory as Windows does. > >>>> > >>>> Its not a problem... > >>>> > >>>> Peter > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >>> please visit: > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > -- > > Dave Parker > Utica College > Integrated Information Technology Services > (315) 792-3229 > Registered Linux User #408177 > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
