Server - Out of memory Killed process (HTTPD) - GoFuckYourself.com

Donkey Punch · 06-13-2007, 03:47 AM

What would cause a linux server to run out of memory and become *virtually* unresponsive except to pings ?

A reboot has been fixing this.. until a couple days later.

fluffygrrl · 06-13-2007, 04:09 AM

most likely you've killed/aren't running the pdflush demon/your memory management is fuct up.

tical · 06-13-2007, 04:14 AM

maybe a script causing a memory leak / not freeing up resources?

Dido · 06-13-2007, 04:17 AM

Yes, basically any program which leaks memory can cause this - at some point you'll run out of memory and the kernel will start killing things that want memory.

For instance your httpd.

If you run top for a while you might find which program(s) are hogging your memory.

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06-13-2007, 04:09 AM	#2
fluffygrrl So Fucking Banned Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,187	most likely you've killed/aren't running the pdflush demon/your memory management is fuct up.