[asterisk-users] Asterisk proces memory increase
Jonas Kellens
jonas.kellens at telenet.be
Thu Mar 8 02:47:54 CST 2012
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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