Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: Tracking down leaking applications | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:30:47 +0100 |
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On Sul, 2006-04-09 at 11:42 -0400, Rahul Karnik wrote: > The process killed has been either httpd or cronolog so far. For now, > I have upgraded to FC4's 2.6.16-1_1069 and added some swap, where > previously there was none.
Under load apache can want a lot of memory as you have a lot of server processes compared to say thttpd or boa.
> Is there a way to: > - confirm that it is a userspace and not a kernel issue? > - track down the application that is leaking memory?
Apache allows you to control the memory usage of CGIs and also the number of servers etc. That may be a good starting point for tuning. See the apache docs and apacheweek
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