Re: Gradual Increase in memory usage

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Mine does the same thing and my setup is similar to yours.  What I've
heard is that it is the pop3 deamon that sucks it up.  I hear if you
replace it with Qpopper, there is a good improvement.  I'm upgrading soon
from 512mg ram to 1024mg, just got I got a great deal on it, and I wanna
see if it will still max out.  Right now it cuts into swap at times also. 
I may try Qpopper also if that doesn't work.

> Hello,
>
> I am not sure if this is a problem with the kernel or due to the nature of
> the programs I am running....
>>From a fresh boot, memory usage averages around the 170 MB  and as time
> passes it gradually increases to grab nearly all the available RAM (500MB)
>
> I was wondering if a recompilation of the kernel would help in resolving
> the
> memory problem.....Any suggestion or advice?
>
> [root@mail root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 4
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) processor
> stepping        : 2
> cpu MHz         : 995.566
> cache size      : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 1
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
> bogomips        : 1985.74
>
> [root@mail root]# free
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:        506536     463176      43360          0      79864     151344
> -/+ buffers/cache:     231968     274568
> Swap:       522104          0     522104
>
> [root@mail root]# uname -r
> 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl (Athlon kernel)
>
> [root@mail root]# ps -aux
> USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> root         1  0.0  0.1  2560  508 ?        S    12:09   0:04 init [3]
> root         2  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:09   0:00 [keventd]
> root         3  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:09   0:00 [kapmd]
> root         4  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SWN  12:09   0:00
> [ksoftirqd/0]
> root         6  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:09   0:00 [bdflush]
> root         5  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:09   0:00 [kswapd]
> root         7  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:09   0:00 [kupdated]
> root         8  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:09   0:00
> [mdrecoveryd]
> root        12  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:09   0:01 [kjournald]
> root        67  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:09   0:00 [khubd]
> root      1779  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:10   0:00 [kjournald]
> root      1780  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   12:10   0:00 [kjournald]
> root      2493  0.0  0.1  1780  580 ?        S    12:10   0:01 syslogd -m
> 0
> root      2497  0.0  0.2  3248 1336 ?        S    12:10   0:00 klogd -c 1
> -2
> rpc       2515  0.0  0.1  3044  564 ?        S    12:10   0:00 portmap
> root      2566  0.0  0.3  4308 1528 ?        S    12:10   0:00
> /usr/sbin/sshd
> root      2587  0.0  0.9 10388 4696 ?        S    12:10   0:01 ddclient -
> sleeping for 170 seconds
> root      2597  0.0  0.2  3628 1324 ?        S    12:10   0:00
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd eth1
> root      2609  0.0  0.2  6036 1164 ?        S    12:10   0:00 /bin/sh
> /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf
> mysql     2633  0.0  1.0 30424 5372 ?        S    12:10   0:00
> /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --basedir=/us
> root      2653  0.0  2.3 13068 12144 ?       S    12:10   0:00
> /usr/sbin/sophie -D
> root      2662  0.0  1.9 11664 9744 ?        S    12:10   0:00
> /usr/sbin/trophie -D
> amavis    2672  0.0  5.5 33980 28040 ?       S    12:10   0:01 amavisd
> (master)
> root      2679  0.0  0.8  9500 4464 ?        S    12:10   0:02
> /usr/bin/perl
> -w /usr/local/bin/mailgraph.pl -l /var/log/mail
> root      2729  0.0  0.3  6984 1608 ?        S    12:10   0:01
> /usr/libexec/postfix/master
> postfix   2759  0.0  0.3  7000 1680 ?        S    12:10   0:00 qmgr -l -t
> fifo -u
> root      2983  0.0  1.8 22920 9268 ?        S    12:11   0:00
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> nobody    2992  0.0  0.2  2416 1188 ?        S    12:11   0:00 proftpd:
> (accepting connections)
> root      3001  0.0  0.1  2280  624 ?        S    12:11   0:00 crond
> root      3014  0.0  0.3  6900 1692 ?        S    12:11   0:00 squid -D
> squid     3016  0.0  1.5 12260 7860 ?        S    12:11   0:06 (squid) -D
> squid     3018  0.0  0.0  2464  292 ?        S    12:11   0:00 (unlinkd)
> apache    3027  0.0  2.7 26748 13748 ?       S    12:11   0:00
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache    3028  0.0  2.7 27112 14096 ?       S    12:11   0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache    3029  0.0  2.7 26820 13836 ?       S    12:11   0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache    3030  0.0  2.8 27436 14432 ?       S    12:11   0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache    3031  0.0  2.8 27572 14572 ?       S    12:11   0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache    3032  0.0  2.7 27016 13976 ?       S    12:11   0:01
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache    3033  0.0  2.6 26392 13444 ?       S    12:11   0:00
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> apache    3036  0.0  2.6 26760 13672 ?       S    12:11   0:00
> /usr/sbin/httpd
> root      3037  0.0  0.5 12212 2732 ?        S    12:11   0:00 smbd -D
> root      3041  0.0  0.4 10064 2392 ?        S    12:11   0:00 nmbd -D
> nobody    3051  0.0  0.1  1552  524 ?        S    12:11   0:00
> /usr/sbin/alertd -d
> root      3077  0.9  8.1 45004 41344 ?       S    12:11   6:17 snort -D -c
> /etc/snort.conf
> suva      3117  0.0  0.2  3104 1296 ?        S    12:11   0:00
> /usr/local/suva/bin/suvad
> root      3128  0.0  0.8  9396 4092 ?        S    12:11   0:01 syswatch
> root      3139  0.0  0.6  8964 3356 ?        S    12:11   0:00 webconfig
> -f
> /var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
> 500       3140  0.0  0.9 10048 4828 ?        S    12:11   0:00 webconfig
> -f
> /var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
> root      3147  0.0  0.9  7196 4716 ?        S    12:11   0:00
> /usr/bin/perl
> /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/min
> root      3152  0.0  0.0  2812  436 tty2     S    12:11   0:00
> /sbin/mingetty tty2
> root      3153  0.0  0.0  2300  436 tty3     S    12:11   0:00
> /sbin/mingetty tty3
> root      5368  0.0  0.1  3636  992 ?        S    12:40   0:00 /bin/bash
> /sbin/adsl-connect /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/i
> root      5600  0.0  0.1  2900  848 ?        S    12:41   0:00
> /usr/sbin/pppd pty /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid
> root      5601  1.4  0.0  2356  492 ?        R    12:41   9:24
> /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid.pppoe -I eth0 -T 8
> named     8423  0.0  0.5 36800 2936 ?        S    13:44   0:02
> /usr/sbin/named -u named
> peters   14492  0.3  1.5 52184 7720 ?        S    16:36   1:18 python
> /tmp/BitTorrent-3.3/btlaunchmany.py torrents/active/
> 500      14562  0.0  1.0 10240 5216 ?        S    16:39   0:00 webconfig
> -f
> /var/webconfig/conf/httpd.conf
> root     17444  0.0  0.2  2804 1016 ?        S    17:48   0:00 login --
> root
> amavis   25978  0.0  5.7 34776 28956 ?       S    22:15   0:01 amavisd
> (25978-06-3)
> root     27148  0.0  0.2  6208 1412 tty1     S    22:50   0:00 -bash
> root     27753  0.0  0.2  4356 1140 ?        S    22:59   0:00
> /usr/sbin/dovecot
> root     27757  0.0  0.2  5068 1344 ?        S    22:59   0:00
> dovecot-auth
> dovecot  27761  0.0  0.2  5128 1496 ?        S    22:59   0:00 pop3-login
> dovecot  27762  0.0  0.2  5408 1496 ?        S    22:59   0:00 pop3-login
> root     27765  0.6  0.2  6072 1252 tty1     S    22:59   0:03 top
> amavis   27919  0.0  5.6 34384 28564 ?       S    23:00   0:00 amavisd
> (child)
> postfix  27927  0.0  0.3  6456 1580 ?        S    23:00   0:00 pickup -l
> -t
> fifo -u
> dovecot  27928  0.0  0.2  4664 1500 ?        S    23:00   0:00 imap-login
> dovecot  27929  0.0  0.2  5356 1500 ?        S    23:00   0:00 imap-login
> postfix  27939  0.0  0.3  6364 1564 ?        S    23:01   0:00 proxymap -t
> unix -u
> postfix  27941  0.0  0.3  6572 1916 ?        S    23:01   0:00
> trivial-rewrite -n rewrite -t unix -u
> amavis   27944  0.0  2.4 13188 12164 ?       S    23:01   0:00
> /usr/sbin/sophie -D
> amavis   27945  0.0  1.9 11668 9772 ?        S    23:01   0:00
> /usr/sbin/trophie -D
> peters   27959  0.0  0.1  2036  744 ?        S    23:02   0:00 imap
> dovecot  27960  0.0  0.2  5732 1500 ?        S    23:02   0:00 imap-login
> amavis   27968  0.0  2.3 13068 12152 ?       S    23:03   0:00
> /usr/sbin/sophie -D
> amavis   27969  0.0  1.9 11668 9768 ?        S    23:03   0:00
> /usr/sbin/trophie -D
> root     27974  0.0  0.4  7516 2084 ?        S    23:04   0:00 sshd:
> root@pts/1
> root     27976  0.0  0.2  6196 1392 pts/1    S    23:04   0:00 -bash
> postfix  28170  0.0  0.4  7116 2232 ?        S    23:06   0:00 smtpd -n
> smtp
> -t inet -u
> postfix  28171  0.0  0.3  7064 2012 ?        S    23:06   0:00 cleanup -z
> -t
> unix -u
> postfix  28172  0.0  0.3  6972 1668 ?        S    23:06   0:00 lmtp -n
> smtp-amavis -t unix -u -o smtp_data_done_timeout 1200
> postfix  28174  0.0  0.4  6760 2052 ?        S    23:06   0:00 smtpd -n
> 127.0.0.1:10025 -t inet -u -o content_filter  -o loc
> postfix  28175  0.0  0.3  6796 1944 ?        S    23:06   0:00 local -t
> unix
> dovecot  28197  0.0  0.2  4344 1496 ?        S    23:07   0:00 pop3-login
> root     28208  0.0  0.1  3464  764 pts/1    R    23:09   0:00 ps -aux
>
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