[Gluster-devel] memory usage (client)

[Amar S. Tumballi]

Hi,
 yes, there is *some* leak in glusterfs. We are trying to corner it out
right now.

Thanks,
-bulde

On 7/5/07, Dale Dude <dale at oc3networks.com> wrote:
>
> I see the same memory issue. They know about it and I believe are trying
> to resolve it.
>
> Dale
>
> Rhesa Rozendaal wrote:
> > Thanks, Harris.
> >
> > I tried it without io-threads to see what that would result in:
> >
> >  7218 root      17   0  476m 464m  844 R   85 23.0  41:15.20 [glusterfs]
> >
> > It did increase a lot slower this time, but still nowhere near your
> > numbers. I'll see what happens when disabling one of read-ahead and
> > write-behind, and then both. I'd like to know where this memory usage
> > comes from, because I don't think I can deploy it like this yet.
> >
> > I'm on 275, btw.
> >
> > Rhesa
> >
> > Harris Landgarten wrote:
> >> Rheas,
> >>
> >> My setup is very similar to yours but I am not using io-threads on
> >> the client (only on servers) and I have 2 bricks. This is my top
> >>
> >>  4522 root      15   0 14812 5420  848 S  0.0  0.3   0:11.03 glusterfs
> >>
> >> Quite a difference.
> >>
> >> Harris
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Rhesa Rozendaal" <gluster at rhesa.com>
> >> To: "gluster-devel" <gluster-devel at nongnu.org>
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2007 10:57:41 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
> >> Subject: [Gluster-devel] memory usage (client)
> >>
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> I've been trying to limit glusterfs' memory consumption, but so far
> >> not much luck.
> >>
> >> here's a snapshot of my "top":
> >>   6697 root      15   0  369m 295m  876 S   45 14.6   3:10.13
> >> [glusterfs]
> >>
> >> And it keeps growing, so I'm not sure where it'll settle. Is there
> >> anything I can do to keep it to around 100m?
> >
> >
> >
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Amar Tumballi
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