RES: nagios + apan memory chewing up

Marcio Queiroz marcioqueiroz at vicom.com.br
Thu Aug 14 16:40:45 CEST 2003


I´m having a similar problem, but i have not trace it down to apan. If you
find a solution, please let me Know.

Thank´s in advanced,

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> ----- Mensagem original -----
> De:		ali [SMTP:alikhalidi at excite.com]
> Enviada em:		quinta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2003 06:28
> Para:		nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Assunto:		[Nagios-users] nagios + apan memory chewing up
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I am experiencing a strange behaiviour for nagios and apan.
> I'de run nagios for a long time, using the standard plugins
> (check_host_alive for 50 services), and my system
> (CPU 1GHz, RAM 512, swap 512) was very stable.
> not untill I've installed apan (155 services) that the server starts
> chewing memory so fast that the system becomes cloged and the only way to
> regain control for the system is to REBOOT.
> I've read and practiced a lot with the tunning paramers of nagios, and
> reached a level where these parameters
> max_concurrent_checks (for concurrency)
> service_reaper_freq
> size of rrd files (to prevent caching of large databse files)
> added the -m to snmp_get (based on a recommendation of one of the users)
> to disable the loading of the mib with each call
> 
> but all with no help. I can't put my hands on the problem.
> the system starts memory usage in almost a linear fashion, untill the free
> section of buffers/cache starts comming down, and the systems goes to swap
> till it exhast all system Memory.
> it is only the difference between the concurrency factor
> (max_concurrent_checks) that slows down the rate at which memory is lost.
> 
> its a production system, and I really appriciate help
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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