Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: pre-p-2.0.31-2: out of virtual memory | From | Florian Weimer <> | Date | 25 Jul 1997 20:09:02 +0200 |
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Hi!
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> writes:
> > Programs (like Netscape) that leak horribly can often survive with > > small fractions (say 8 MB out of a total of 50 MB) in core, since much > > of the memory will never be touched again. If you want to use > > Netscape for a long time without quitting and restarting it, you'll > > need a decent amount of swap space ... :-) > > > To add another data point, I'm pretty sure the virtual memory wasn't > used up. > > This is a news server application, not luser apps like Netscape... :)
Are you using INN? innd tends to use a lot of memory. I've seen reports that the innd process grew and grew in size, beyond 80 MB and more. I don't know whether this has been fixed.
Gruß Florian
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