Server dies with 100% RAM and swap file use.

[Stephen Breen]

The ram seems to at least be 100% used in a hour or two. Then it starts
in on the swap file and that takes the rest of the day to fill up then
the server dies (well gets really slow and takes for ever to do anything).

Julian Field wrote:

> Does the RAM in use gradually creep up, or does it suddenly go to 100%?
>
> At 17:48 04/09/2003, you wrote:
>
>> I'm running MailScanner from an RPM install on Red Hat 7.1 on a 800mghz
>> Pentium 3 with 256MB ram and a 256MB swap. The server will run for
>> 24hours then die. The problem only started after installing MailScanner.
>> I have mailscanner configured not to stop spam and with 3 child procs
>> running, MailScanner v 4.23-11 RPM install. I have been using ClamAV for
>> virus scanning. Any ideas why MailScanner seems to be dying? I set the
>> auto restart config value to 10480 seconds also.
>>
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>> Stephen Breen
>> c:Spot InterWorks
>
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> Julian Field
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