Last night I added ulimit -v 50000 To the /etc/init.d/mailman script and restarted
And I am seeing the processes stop growing at 49M - and so far no adverse affects. I view this as a workaround until the underlying cause is determined... But it also allows me to bump my incoming runners from 8 to 16 and manage/enforce the overall memory footprint - I like it (so far) last pid: 8371; load averages: 0.07, 0.11, 0.16 08:57:41 91 processes: 90 sleeping, 1 on cpu CPU states: 98.2% idle, 0.5% user, 1.3% kernel, 0.0% iowait, 0.0% swap Memory: 1640M real, 792M free, 697M swap in use, 2602M swap free PID USERNAME LWP PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU COMMAND 7565 mailman 1 59 0 49M 46M sleep 0:07 0.01% python 7571 mailman 1 59 0 35M 31M sleep 0:04 0.01% python 7551 mailman 1 59 0 35M 32M sleep 0:18 0.02% python 7554 mailman 1 59 0 31M 27M sleep 0:22 0.02% python 7568 mailman 1 59 0 31M 28M sleep 0:03 0.01% python 7574 mailman 1 59 0 30M 28M sleep 0:03 0.01% python 7570 mailman 1 59 0 30M 27M sleep 0:14 0.01% python 7560 mailman 1 59 0 30M 27M sleep 0:12 0.15% python 7562 mailman 1 59 0 27M 25M sleep 0:03 0.02% python 7566 mailman 1 59 0 27M 25M sleep 0:03 0.01% python 7569 mailman 1 59 0 27M 25M sleep 0:04 0.01% python 7561 mailman 1 59 0 27M 24M sleep 0:03 0.01% python 7558 mailman 1 59 0 26M 24M sleep 0:19 0.02% python 7572 mailman 1 59 0 26M 23M sleep 0:03 0.01% python 7567 mailman 1 59 0 26M 23M sleep 0:03 0.01% python On 7/1/08 11:43 PM, "Fletcher Cocquyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey thanks, I really appreciated the responsiveness, and helpful analysis by > the folks on this list > > BTW I am experimenting with ulimit -v to limit the growth of mailman procs > (added it to the init script) > Will see what the growth looks like overnight and report back - thanks > > > > On 7/1/08 10:21 PM, "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 7/1/08, Fletcher Cocquyt wrote: >> >>> Fletcher Cocquyt >>> Senior Systems Administrator >>> Information Resources and Technology (IRT) >>> Stanford University School of Medicine >> >> BTW, in case it hasn't come through yet -- I am very sensitive to >> your issues. In my "real" life, I am currently employed as a Sr. >> System Administrator at the University of Texas at Austin, with about >> ~50,000 students and ~20,000 faculty and staff, and one of my jobs is >> helping out with both the mail system administration and the mailing >> list system administration. >> >> So, just because I post messages quoting the current statistics we're >> seeing on python.org, that doesn't mean I'm not sensitive to the >> problems you're seeing. All I'm saying is that we're not currently >> seeing them on python.org, so it may be a bit more difficult for us >> to directly answer your questions, although we'll certainly do >> everything we can do help. -- Fletcher Cocquyt Senior Systems Administrator Information Resources and Technology (IRT) Stanford University School of Medicine Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (650) 724-7485 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9