Hello Here is my output from ps aux:
root 737 0.0 0.0 8940 804 ? S 04:34 0:00 nimbus(hdb) root 768 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:34 0:00 [flush-202:0] root 1368 43.1 70.5 8248976 5935852 ? Sl 04:45 297:47 /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_23/bin/java -ea -XX:+UseThreadPriorities -XX:Thr <<<<<< cassandra daemon root 1633 0.0 0.0 70584 3212 ? Ss 15:49 0:00 sshd: ruslan [priv] Is it normal that cassandra daemon eat so many memory? I look on it around 12 hours and memory consumption is only grows. ps: uname -a Linux slv004 2.6.32-311-ec2 #23-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 11:14:35 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux java -version java version "1.6.0_23" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_23-b05) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode) My working machine is 8 CPU 8GB of RAM