Re: `top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-12 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 12), Jesse Guardiani said: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Sep 12), Jesse Guardiani said: > >> Dan Nelson wrote: > >> > In the last episode (Sep 11), Jesse Guardiani said: > >> > > >> >> 2.) What, exactly, is RES? `man top` describes it as this: > >> >> "

Re: `top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-12 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 12), Jesse Guardiani said: >> Dan Nelson wrote: >> > In the last episode (Sep 11), Jesse Guardiani said: >> > >> >> 2.) What, exactly, is RES? `man top` describes it as this: >> >> "RES is the current amount of resident memory", but does >> >>

Re: `top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-12 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jesse Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > > In the last episode (Sep 11), Jesse Guardiani said: > >> 1.) Where is my Free memory going? I can't account for it > >> in the SIZE and RES columns of the various processes. > >> These are relatively constant. > > > >

Re: `top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-12 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 12), Jesse Guardiani said: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Sep 11), Jesse Guardiani said: > > > >> 2.) What, exactly, is RES? `man top` describes it as this: > >> "RES is the current amount of resident memory", but does > >> that mean RES is included

Re: `top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-12 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 11), Jesse Guardiani said: >> 1.) Where is my Free memory going? I can't account for it >> in the SIZE and RES columns of the various processes. >> These are relatively constant. > > Disk cache. I thought it might be something like that. My la

Re: `top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-12 Thread Jesse Guardiani
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > J> 1.) Where is my Free memory going? > > given what you say > custom-python->>>qmail-scanner->clamd->qmail-queue > > This whole scenario is very memory intensive. First you have each email > "pythonized" and then qmail-scanner is *very* memory intensive, as it

Re: `top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-11 Thread gv-list-freebsdquestions
Hello Jesse, Thursday, September 11, 2003, 5:15:31 PM, you wrote: J> I am stress testing a FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE server (it's a pre- J> production test server) by sending huge email messages to it J> via SMTP. I too am putting together a 4.8 box as we speak for a client. J> I'm running qmail-1.03

Re: `top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-11 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 11), Jesse Guardiani said: > 1.) Where is my Free memory going? I can't account for it > in the SIZE and RES columns of the various processes. > These are relatively constant. Disk cache. > 2.) What, exactly, is RES? `man top` describes it as this: > "RES is

`top` process memory usage: SIZE vs RES

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Howdy list, I checked the FAQ and the questions archive before I posted this, so hopefully it isn't a frequently asked question: Background: = I am stress testing a FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE server (it's a pre- production test server) by sending huge email messages to it via SMTP. I'm run