Why do you care? Especially if Weewx is the only thing running and you're not running out of memory?
As a Weewx is a Python program, Python is in charge of memory allocation. The advice I've seen is to not mess with Python's garbage collection unless you are trying to fix a problem. On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 9:48 AM Remy Lavabre <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning, > I use a Raspberry Pi 5 8GB to run Weewx (version 5.x). > This computer is only used for this task. > > I notice over time that the amount of memory used increases regularly > without ever decreasing (see attached illustration). I tried the command > *"sudo > sysctl -w vm.drop_caches=3"*. > This command is effective since it indicates to me in response to the > *"free"* command a return to the minimum state of the memory used. > However, curiously, when the terminal is closed, the value of the memory > used remains identical before the intervention in my WeeWX records and of > course continues to increase! > If I reset the raspberry, we find a used memory value of around 1GB (see > illustration). > > [image: image.png] > > Is it normal to see this used memory constantly increasing when only using > WeeWX? > And how to empty these caches in order to find maximum free memory? > > THANKS... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6f286345-df21-4c4f-9d40-83eff2a4fdfcn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6f286345-df21-4c4f-9d40-83eff2a4fdfcn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Peter Quinn (415)794-2264 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAA1SM23hLWJb%3D%3D-iDOz%2B3fgRymu6NMHLToFXMk_gMaZn%3Dz2Www%40mail.gmail.com.
