[asterisk-users] Asterisk proces memory increase

[Jonas Kellens]

Nope, no swapping...

Thanks.
Jonas.


On 03/08/2012 09:44 AM, [Digital^Dude] ® wrote:
> AFAIK:
> Linux has a tendency to keep RAM filled up with any recently accessed 
> progarm. To keep programs access fast enough, it never removes 
> something from the memory, only replaces it, in case some program has 
> more frequent access than the one already present in ram.
>
> If your server isn't swapping.. things are okay.
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Kellens 
> <jonas.kellens at telenet.be <mailto:jonas.kellens at telenet.be>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I notice that at the end of the day, after about 4000 calls have
>     passed my Asterisk-system, that the use of memory is very high and
>     stays that way untill a restart of Asterisk or a reboot of the server.
>
>     This is the situation at the end of the day :
>
>     [root at sp asterisk]# free -m
>                  total       used       free     shared    buffers    
>     cached
>     Mem:          3923       1931       1992          0       
>     268       1308
>     -/+ buffers/cache:        353       3569
>     Swap:         4031          0       4031
>
>     So total of 3923MB, where 1992MBis used and 1931MBstill free.
>
>     This memory never decreases and increases with every call that
>     passes my Asterisk system. After some more calls :
>
>     [root at sp asterisk]# free -m
>                  total       used       free     shared    buffers    
>     cached
>     Mem:          3923       1934       1989          0       
>     270       1309
>     -/+ buffers/cache:        353       3569
>     Swap:         4031          0       4031
>
>     So total of 3923MB, where 1934MBis used and 1989MBstill free.
>
>     As I said, only a restart of Asterisk or reboot of the server can
>     decrease this value :
>
>     [root at sp asterisk]# free -m
>                  total       used       free     shared    buffers    
>     cached
>     Mem:          3923        974       2948          0       
>     150        524
>     -/+ buffers/cache:        299       3624
>     Swap:         4031          0       4031
>
>     So total of 3923 MB, where 974 MB is used and 2948 MB still free.
>
>
>     So why does this memory usage only decrease with a restart ? What
>     keeps asterisk stored in the RAM-memory ? Even if there are 0
>     calls, the memory does not decrease.
>
>
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Jonas
>
>
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