That immediately reduced the memory use from 50% -22% But as you state, it doesn't solve the underlying problem.
Cheers Anders -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Curtis LaMasters [mailto:curtislamast...@gmail.com] Sendt: 16. september 2009 14:13 Til: support@pfsense.com Emne: Re: [pfSense Support] Running out of memory I'd say just run "kill 554" but that wouldn't fix the underlying issue. Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:36 AM, <a_subscribti...@fiberby.dk> wrote: > Hi again > > It seems like its tcpdump that is causing the problem. Both machines are > running 1.2.2. One is upgraded from 1.0.1 - 1.2 - 1.2.2. The other is a > fresh install. > They were bootet 12 days ago. Just after a reboot they use app. 8% of > memory, and that has now increased to app. 50%. > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND > root 554 3.3 27.7 288320 286384 d0- S 4Sep09 240:11.90 > /usr/sbin/tcpdum > > any ideas? > > Kind regards Anders > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: a_subscribti...@fiberby.dk [mailto:a_subscribti...@fiberby.dk] > Sendt: 4. september 2009 09:48 > Til: support@pfsense.com > Emne: SV: [pfSense Support] Running out of memory > > Thanks for the quick response. I surely do not have any packages installed. > I didn't know of 'ps aux', but now I'll keep an eye on it. > > Kind regards Anders > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: cbuech...@gmail.com [mailto:cbuech...@gmail.com] På vegne af Chris > Buechler > Sendt: 4. september 2009 09:25 > Til: support@pfsense.com > Emne: Re: [pfSense Support] Running out of memory > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 3:20 AM, <a_subscribti...@fiberby.dk> wrote: >> Hi >> >> I have two pfsense running for approximately 1300 costumers each. >> They hold between 10-15 vlans each, and is acting as dhcp servers. >> All traffic is being natted. >> It's a full install with no packages installed. >> >> The platform they are running on is supermicro servers, with 1GB ram. >> >> These are the services that is running: >> DNS Forwarder (all users are given "real" dns-server addresses) >> NTP clock sync >> DHCP Service >> SNMP Service >> UPnP Service >> >> My problem is related to the use of memory. >> Over time they use more and more of the memory, and after approximately > two >> month the memory is full (90+%), and they start to use the swap file. >> After that I restart them, because I can lower the amount of cpu used. >> > > You must have some package installed that has a memory leak. Nothing > I'm aware of in the base system will do that. Check 'ps aux' in > Diagnostics -> Command for what process is leaking memory. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com > For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com > For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com > For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
