Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Determine what is using the swap, restart the process or open a support case. Alternatively reboot (yuck).
My usual swap offenders: snort (/var/mdw/scripts/snort restart), httpproxy (/var/mdw/scripts/httpproxy restart) and webmin (/etc/initd/httpd restart).
For swap usage I use a modified version of the script at Find out what is using your swap | All things Sysadmin
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
William, I have a client with 57 active IPs at present and archived Web Filtering log files that run from 1.5-to-4MB for workdays. They're on a server powered by an i3 with 7GB of RAM. Over the last month, since installing V9 on this unit, max CPU was 40%, but averages under 2% and rarely gets to 5%. Max RAM was 50%, but normally sits at about 30% about 2GB. There has been NO swap since the installation.
Another client has a new 120 with 2GB of RAM and 13 active IPs, at present. Average CPU is under 13%, usually about 20% during the day. Web Filtering log files are about half of the first customer's. RAM usage is normally under 70%, but sometimes gets up to 73% during the workday. SWAP keeps growing, but I haven't figured out yet what causes that. Of course, a reboot fixes it.
Both have Full Guard with Intrusion Prevention active.
At this point, I'm beginning to suspect that the issue is the release of space in the swap area as opposed to 2GB of RAM being insufficient.
Cheers - Bob
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Haaa, i get it now... the 120 is a totally different machine. Thought it was some kind of add on since it appear to be new (but came with only 2GB). Not sure what the 120 is; hope it's not a silly suggestion but can't he just upgrade the RAM? 8GB memory kit are very cheat these days if his machine can use DDR3.
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow