[Gllug] Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Memory usage

[Ken Cobler]

Peter Childs wrote:

>Whats the best way of finding out what is using my memory on my linux box?
>
>I have a server that has 1Gb of memory, It was using all this up and a
>small amount of swap, and was running rather slowly, So I shut it down
>to fit some more memory, This failed the new memory was for some odd
>reason was incompatible even though  it was the correct speed, spec,
>and size. Anyway when it had rebooted all the programs needed only
>took up about a 1/3 of the memory leaving plenty of room for cache and
>buffers within the 1Gb of memory. This meant that the server seamed to
>have more memory even though the upgrade had failed.
>
>So I'm now wondering if I can workout what was using all my memory and
>either fix what I think might be a long term memory leak of some sort,
>Previous to yesterday the server had been up for well excess of 3
>months. I'm thinking that its some service as user applications are
>exited and reloaded on a regular bases and even if they did have leaks
>they would not keep the memory for long periods.
>
>Oh apps, Postgres, Firefox, Kontact, Openoffice, multiple times were
>running LTSP.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Peter Childs
>
>
>  
>

use top command to show what memory is available and which process is 
using the resources.  You can sort by memory usage by pressing M

Ken Cobler

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