Hi, On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Crowder, Travis <[email protected]>wrote:
> I recall seeing on the mailing list before a reason why Varnish would > use more RAM than allocated due to storing something outside of the defined > allocated memory.**** > > ** ** > > For example, I have a box that is allocated 6G of RAM, but it is using > about 12G virtual memory. > Don't worry about virtual memory usage. It´s not real, it´s virtual. > **** > > ** ** > > >top**** > > 9101 nobody 20 0 11.7g 6.8g 81m S 6.0 88.5 1270:21 varnishd**** > > ** ** > > Varnish is invoked via:**** > > /usr/local/sbin/varnishd -f /usr/local/etc/varnish/default.vcl -s > malloc,6G -T xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:2000 -a :80**** > > ** ** > > Does anyone know what I am talking about? > You allocate 6G to the malloc backend. In addition Varnish needs memory for itself and data structures (1kb per object, more or less). -- Per Buer Phone: +47 21 98 92 61 / Mobile: +47 958 39 117 / Skype: per.buer *Varnish makes websites fly!* Whitepapers <http://www.varnish-software.com/whitepapers> | Video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7t2Sp174eI> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/varnishsoftware>
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