roopurt18 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Our development server is a VPS. Something on the server recently caused it to run out of memory, although I'm not sure what. Our host had to restart the machine for us and I can run a command that shows me my current memory usage as well as the most recent max usage, but is there anything I can use to track down which process ate up all the memory? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51714-out-of-memory-server-restart-which-process-ate-the-memory/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
effigy Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 What's the OS? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51714-out-of-memory-server-restart-which-process-ate-the-memory/#findComment-254818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 CentOS I believe. phpinfo() Linux 2.6.9-023stab040.1-enterprise #1 SMP Tue Jan 16 01:09:22 MSK 2007 i686 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51714-out-of-memory-server-restart-which-process-ate-the-memory/#findComment-261603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koobi Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 this would tell you exactly what OS your use # cat /etc/issue also, the output of this might be useful: # uname -a i suppose you could check your processes to see if anything is taking up a lot of memory or if your server load is too high by typing: # top and maybe view your apache logs/system logs? also, is your system memory usage alright? # cat /proc/meminfo should show you those details. effigy might have a better solution for you though. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51714-out-of-memory-server-restart-which-process-ate-the-memory/#findComment-265048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
effigy Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Actually, I think you have it covered. Unless the program is (doubtfully) adding to the system logs, I don't think you can track the problem. My knowledge is limited here, but I think the only thing you can do is to reboot and keep an eye on the system via top (and any similar utilities) to discover the cause. You could run a search for recent core files; although, I'm not positive that they're created for memory issues. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51714-out-of-memory-server-restart-which-process-ate-the-memory/#findComment-265075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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