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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi this is an off topic post, sorry but I have no idea where else to ask.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm successfully using MRTG and the UCD snmp libs monitor disk space, processor usage and free real and virtual memory on a solaris 2.6 system. MRTG works great - thanks Tobias for a great little tool.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's what mrtg shows up that has me worried, the real memory free very quickly falls from near 500Mb (the box has 512Mb in it) to just about 7 - 8 Mb. If I run top on the system and sort everything by size rather than cpu, I can count up all the memory that the various processess are using, guess what it doesn't add up to anywhere near 500Mb, more like a 100 or so.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>So my question(s) is(are) where has my memory gone and should I be worried? Does anyone else monitor similar stats with a sun and notice similar results? Does anyone have any pointers for mailing lists / web sites / usenet groups etc. that might be able to advise?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I should point out that having seen the graphs and not believed them I wondered if the UCD libs were giving me bum data, I ran top at intervals over the 30 minute period or so following a reboot, and top also shows this steady decrease in the amount of free real memory available.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Charles</FONT>
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