----- Original Message ----- From: "John Buwa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 5:12 AM Subject: Re: Size > > Thanks, > > I went ahead and did this and it seems this did the job, my httpd is much > smaller! Now i will just have to watch and see if it stays like that :) > > John > > > > I was wondering is this an unusual size? I know the man says size will > grow etc... but i am looking for others opinions based on there setups and > real life vs. text book comparison. > > > > > > 4669 nobody 20 0 215M 91M 204 R 29.6 55.9 1:00 httpd > > > > > That's not normal. Perhaps you have an old libapreq which did not handle > > memory well--install the latest Apache::Request from CPAN and see if your > > memory usage improves. > > > > If not, we'll need more info: what is the size of the process when > > started? ...what kinds of requests cause it to grow? ...how much does it > > grow each time? ...what line causes the memory to jump, if any (step > > through with Apache::DB watching memory use to test)? > > > > Sources of memory problems include circular references and failure to > > clean up resources between requests. > > > > -- > > Jeremy Howard > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >