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Re: Re: Re: gigantic daemonsby esh (Pilgrim) |
on Sep 03, 2003 at 06:50 UTC ( [id://288525]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I gather that only one copy of perl is actually loaded, am I right?Yes, one copy of the perl compiler/interpreter and probably one copy of your Perl source code (unless you "require", "do", or other similar things at run time).
Could it be I am misleading myself about actual memory comsumption?Yes, it is possible that most of the parent/child memory listed by ps is shared amongst them. I tend to use the "top" command to watch the shared memory usage. It seems that ps should have an option to show shared memory, but I couldn't get it to work right off. What really matters is how much free memory you have on the system when everything is running. Try a before and after snapshot using something like "free" and make sure to look at the free momory +/- buffers/cache. -- Eric Hammond
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