| Apache memory usage is confusing [message #2649] |
Mon, 18 February 2008 10:07  |
 razdaman
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Registered: May 2007 |
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Hi guys,
I'm getting pretty confused about the numbers my apache web server is giving concerning memory usage.
By looking at 'top' I see that my httpd-processes eats around 14Mb of memory each. Through 'ps ax | grep httpd' I find out that I have around 200 running processes.
I thought this would mean that apache is consuming around 200 * 14Mb = 2800Mb om ram.
However, when looking at 'top' I see this:
Mem: 386M Active, 3122M Inact, 270M Wired, 209M Cache, 112M Buf, 8160K Free
3122M of 'inactive' memory out of a total of 4Gb. Apparently apache is not using around 2800mb as I thought.
What am I doing wrong here? In need to know how this works in order to tune the server appropriately.
I am using apache 2.2 with prefork on a FreeBSD box.
Thanks in advance...
[Updated on: Mon, 18 February 2008 10:08]
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| Re: Apache memory usage is confusing [message #3558 is a reply to message #2649 ] |
Sun, 21 September 2008 21:15  |
MarkRose
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Registered: January 2008 |
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A lot of that 14 MB of memory is used by code, not data. When it's the exact same code (from the same file on disk), the operating system doesn't need to load multiple copies. However, as the code is stilled "linked" into the running process, it'll count towards the total memory used. This isn't just Apache code, but C libraries, etc. All programs on Unix-like systems work this way.
Windows was supposed to work this way, but due to issues with "dll hell" back in the 90's, most programmers switched to compiling a separate copy of the library into their programs, making Windows much less memory efficient.
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