Hi Blues,
I noticed some high memory usage on my BQ lately. Typically near 93%.
I sort of a noob with this stuff and was hoping someone could point me
in the right direction.
I noticed a lot of Apache services running. Not sure if that is the
culprit.
Here is what ps aux shows:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.0 2188 620 ? S 12:23 0:00 init [3]
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 12:23 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 12:23 0:00 [events/0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 12:23 0:00 [khelper]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 12:23 0:00 [kacpid]
root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 12:23 0:00 [kblockd/0]
root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [khubd]
root 38 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [pdflush]
root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [pdflush]
root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [kswapd0]
root 41 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 12:23 0:00 [aio/0]
root 185 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [kseriod]
root 416 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root 417 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [ahc_dv_0]
root 420 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 12:23 0:00 [exec-osm/0]
root 454 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 12:23 0:00 [block-osm/0]
root 474 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [kjournald]
root 1652 0.0 0.0 3124 428 ? S<s 12:23 0:00 udevd
root 1765 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 12:23 0:00 [kauditd]
root 1814 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [kjournald]
root 1815 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [kjournald]
root 1816 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [kjournald]
root 1817 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 12:23 0:00 [kjournald]
root 2491 0.0 0.0 2728 544 ? Ss 12:24 0:00 syslogd -m 0
root 2495 0.0 0.0 1872 384 ? Ss 12:24 0:00 klogd -x
root 2513 0.0 0.1 4036 1344 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
/usr/sausalito/sbin/cced
root 2706 0.0 0.0 3620 492 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/dovecot
root 2707 0.0 0.1 5332 1556 ? S 12:24 0:00 dovecot-auth
root 2752 0.0 0.2 9268 2692 ? Ss 12:24 0:00 sendmail:
accepting connections
smmsp 2765 0.0 0.1 8660 1640 ? Ss 12:24 0:00 sendmail:
Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
root 2862 0.0 0.1 5848 1136 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/sshd
root 2877 0.0 0.1 3140 1044 ? Ss 12:24 0:00 xinetd
-stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
clamav 2918 0.0 0.0 6228 796 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
/usr/bin/freshclam -d -p /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid
root 2931 0.0 0.1 6544 1456 ? S 12:24 0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
--pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/slv1.packetforward.com.pid
mysql 2952 0.0 1.4 118740 14564 ? Sl 12:24 0:18
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql
--pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/slv1.packetforward.com
root 2973 0.0 0.6 21460 6560 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 2983 0.0 0.7 24136 8092 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 2984 0.0 0.7 23648 7560 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 2985 0.0 0.6 22548 6388 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 2986 0.0 0.8 25016 9040 ? S 12:24 0:01
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 2987 0.0 0.7 24136 7952 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 2988 0.0 0.7 24188 7916 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 2989 0.0 0.7 24136 7904 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 2990 0.0 0.7 23868 7740 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
root 2992 0.0 4.2 50688 43944 ? Ss 12:24 0:06
/usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m5 -H -r /var/run/spamd.pid
apache 3001 0.0 0.7 23896 7724 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
root 3002 0.0 0.0 2552 344 ? Ss 12:24 0:00 gpm -m
/dev/input/mice -t imps2
apache 3012 0.0 0.7 23420 7284 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 3013 0.0 0.7 23816 7712 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
root 3017 0.0 1.7 33892 17864 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
root 3026 0.0 0.1 6280 1180 ? Ss 12:24 0:00 crond
root 3035 0.0 0.3 8744 3648 ? S 12:24 0:09
/usr/bin/perl /usr/sbin/poprelayd -d
root 3045 0.0 0.0 1484 396 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
/home/nuonce/portsentry/portsentry -tcp
root 3048 0.0 0.0 1492 432 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
/home/nuonce/portsentry/portsentry -udp
dbus 3060 0.0 0.1 4008 1044 ? Ss 12:24 0:00
dbus-daemon-1 --system
root 3069 0.0 0.3 6976 3652 ? Ss 12:24 0:02 hald
root 3079 0.0 1.1 32008 11636 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
root 3097 0.0 0.2 10352 2904 ? S 12:24 0:00 python
/usr/bin/denyhosts.py --daemon --config=/usr/share/denyhosts/denyhosts.cfg
apache 3105 0.0 1.4 34088 15292 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3106 0.0 1.4 34088 15276 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3107 0.0 1.4 34088 15280 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3117 0.0 1.4 34088 15272 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3118 0.0 1.4 34088 15256 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3119 0.0 1.4 34088 15280 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3120 0.0 1.4 34088 15264 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3121 0.0 1.4 34088 15288 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3153 0.0 1.4 34088 15288 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3238 0.0 1.4 34088 15280 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
apache 3239 0.0 1.4 34088 15272 ? S 12:24 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
root 3294 0.0 0.0 1608 364 ttyS0 Ss+ 12:24 0:00
/sbin/agetty -i -h -L 38400 ttyS0 vt100
root 3295 0.0 0.0 2076 388 tty1 Ss+ 12:24 0:00
/sbin/mingetty tty1
root 3296 0.0 0.0 3236 388 tty2 Ss+ 12:24 0:00
/sbin/mingetty tty2
root 3297 0.0 0.0 3172 388 tty3 Ss+ 12:24 0:00
/sbin/mingetty tty3
root 3298 0.0 0.0 3052 388 tty4 Ss+ 12:24 0:00
/sbin/mingetty tty4
root 3299 0.0 0.0 3132 388 tty5 Ss+ 12:24 0:00
/sbin/mingetty tty5
root 3616 0.0 0.0 1644 388 tty6 Ss+ 12:24 0:00
/sbin/mingetty tty6
root 3848 0.0 4.6 54648 47900 ? S 12:25 0:16 spamd child
apache 3851 0.0 0.7 23908 7764 ? S 12:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd.admsrv -f /etc/admserv/conf/httpd.conf
apache 4167 0.0 1.4 34088 15280 ? S 12:30 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
root 4492 0.0 1.7 22936 18268 ? Ss 13:01 0:00
MailScanner: master waiting for children, sleeping
root 4493 0.0 5.8 64064 60096 ? S 13:01 0:05
MailScanner: waiting for messages
root 4506 0.0 5.8 64064 60088 ? S 13:01 0:05
MailScanner: waiting for messages
root 4511 0.0 5.8 64064 60088 ? S 13:01 0:05
MailScanner: waiting for messages
root 4518 0.0 5.8 64064 60088 ? S 13:01 0:05
MailScanner: waiting for messages
root 4523 0.0 5.8 64064 60088 ? S 13:01 0:05
MailScanner: waiting for messages
root 7026 0.0 4.0 50688 41820 ? S 16:48 0:00 spamd child
dovecot 9158 0.0 0.1 5296 1232 ? S 20:15 0:00 imap-login
dovecot 9599 0.0 0.1 4624 1232 ? S 21:00 0:00 imap-login
dovecot 9778 0.0 0.1 4092 1220 ? S 21:15 0:00 pop3-login
dovecot 10530 0.0 0.1 4696 1220 ? S 22:17 0:00 pop3-login
dovecot 10614 0.0 0.1 5292 1228 ? S 22:30 0:00 imap-login
dovecot 10766 0.0 0.1 4440 1220 ? S 22:42 0:00 pop3-login
root 10767 0.4 0.2 9300 2600 ? Ss 22:44 0:00 sshd:
admin [priv]
admin 10771 0.2 0.1 9300 1896 ? S 22:44 0:00 sshd:
admin@pts/0
admin 10772 0.7 0.1 5432 1672 pts/0 Ss 22:44 0:00 -bash
admin 10798 0.0 0.0 4036 1020 pts/0 R+ 22:44 0:00 ps aux
v/r
Ethan Mateja
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