On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Levy, Alan wrote:
Unfortunately, I cannot do a TOP. It blows my server away.
In the words of the inestimable Mr. Loaf: "Stop right there!"
This is indicative of something very, very seriously wrong. I mean,
*very* wrong.
Now, maybe all you meant is the relatively innocuous "I'm logging in
to the console on a 3270, and top expects a character-addressible
display, and I don't have my terminal settings correctly configured
such that literal '^c' functions as a break."
And if you meant that, well, then, don't panic. Although your life
is going to be a lot happier if you start logging in and doing stuff
via ssh and a vt100-or-descendent terminal emulator.
But if top actually "blows your server away"--you have real do-not-
pass-go problems.
Here's a
free:
total used free shared buffers
cached
Mem: 1550984 1547956 3028 0 1440
34324
-/+ buffers/cache: 1512192 38792
Swap: 1583792 220796 1362996
Yep, you're actually using all your real memory, and not for buffers
and cache.
The next question is, what are you using it for? Is it JVMs that
have allocated huge stacks and heaps but aren't actually using them?
Or are processes actually hitting most of that memory pretty often.
Adam
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