Server dies with 100% RAM and swap file use.

[Stephen Breen]

The machine is a email server, it runs apache for openwebmail no java!
a ram upgrade is a option (as in its on the way pretty soon here). I
still dont see why all the ram/swap would disappear.


Mr. Greyhair wrote:

>have you seen what is using up the RAM? Did you use 'top' to see the hogs?  Is this machine *only* for Email, no other programs running (like apache, tomcat, etc)?  Is buying more ram an option (newegg.com!)?
>
>Stephen Breen <sbreen at CSPOTMAIL.COM> 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.
>>
>>--
>>Stephen Breen
>>c:Spot InterWorks
>>
>>


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