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  From: Andrew Galdes <AGaldes@elders.com.au>
  To  : michaeld@senet.com.au <michaeld@senet.com.au>
  Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 15:40:40 +1030

RE: Linux out of memory

Michael,

> Sounds like memory leaks...
> 
> a) X is often the cause of memory leaks.  Run in run-level 3 
> and "startx" 

I should have mentioned this before. This system was running X and it is not
any more. 

> should keep your box up a lot longer.  That's only a good 
> suggestion if your 
> box is a server - if it's intended to be a workstation that's 
> another story...

It's a server.

> b) (Big) X applications typically leak memory too.  Leave 
> these running at your 
> peril.
> 
> c) I've found that 2.4 kernels will use all your RAM (and 
> that's on my 512Mb 
> laptop!), but that's nothing to be overly concerned about.  
> Most of it is 
> cached data (I've had over 384Mb of cache at times!) - it 
> should be making your 
> computer run quicker.  You only need be concerned if it's 
> thrashing (i.e. 
> constant disk activity).

My original testing of this machine involved large files and several at a
time. It slows the machine (as you would expect) but doesn't crash it. I bet
X was a big player in this.

AG.

> 
> -- 
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> michaeld@senet.com.au          something that you think is fun and
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>                                do it well anyway." -- Brian Kernighan
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