Re: Odd Memory problem: SA NOT using available memory

2007-09-29 Thread Loren Wilton
So I shouldn't read anything into the disparity of memory usage between the two boxes? Check the number of SA children configured. Maybe you have the bad box limited to 1 or 2 children or some such. Loren I'm at a loss as to why the one box is consistently in distress, while the o

Re: Odd Memory problem: SA NOT using available memory

2007-09-28 Thread JOW
>From a uname -v, they both appear to be #1 SMP Fri Oct 13 17:56:20 EDT 2006. Here's a uname -a on each: ServerB (B as in bad): Linux expurgate2 2.4.21-47.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Oct 13 17:56:20 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ServerA (A as in awesome): Linux expurgate1 2.4.21-47.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP

Re: Odd Memory problem: SA NOT using available memory

2007-09-28 Thread JOW
Thanks for the quick reply. So I shouldn't read anything into the disparity of memory usage between the two boxes? I'm at a loss as to why the one box is consistently in distress, while the other is consistently doing great. I should have mentioned we're using spamd (-m 50) and I've compared th

Re: Odd Memory problem: SA NOT using available memory

2007-09-28 Thread John D. Hardin
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, JOW wrote: > ServerA (the good one) is using nearly all of the 4gb of RAM > available to it. But ServerB is only using a fraction of available > RAM and the # of context switches is tons higher, too. > > I hope this isn't a silly question, but how significant is this, > and w

Re: Odd Memory problem: SA NOT using available memory

2007-09-28 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 28.09.07 14:06, JOW wrote: > I'm out of my element on this, so please forgive me if I ask something silly. > > We have two SpamAssassin (v3.002003) servers on Red Hat, each with 4gb RAM. > ServerA ROCKS while ServerB SUCKS. > ServerA (the good one) is using nearly all of the 4gb of RAM availa

Odd Memory problem: SA NOT using available memory

2007-09-28 Thread JOW
I'm out of my element on this, so please forgive me if I ask something silly. We have two SpamAssassin (v3.002003) servers on Red Hat, each with 4gb RAM. ServerA ROCKS while ServerB SUCKS. So I've been comparing the two systems hoping to find some configuration differences between them. When I