JVM heap memory is controlled by the settings in conf/Cassandra-env.sh Memory mapped files will use additional virtual memory, is controlled in conf/Cassandra.yaml disk_access_mode
Aaron On 17/02/2011, at 2:19 AM, ruslan usifov <ruslan.usi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
