virtual memory usage very high

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#1 Wed, 02/24/2016 - 15:16
smpillai11

virtual memory usage very high

My webmin dashboard shows 98% virtual memory usage since the past few days. Real memory usage is only 14% Is there anything wrong, if yes how do I troubleshoot this?

Wed, 02/24/2016 - 15:26
andreychek

Howdy,

What is the output of this command:

free -m

Thu, 02/25/2016 - 01:15
smpillai11

Hi,

free -m was showing swap at near 98%. I restated the server and now its back to 0% virtual memory usage and 7% real memory usage. Hopefully it stays that way. Whats the command to show which process is using up the virtual memory?

Thu, 02/25/2016 - 09:42
andreychek

Howdy,

You can run "ps auxw", and then review the memory usage of your various processes. You can also run "top", and sort the output by memory usage.

-Eric

Thu, 02/25/2016 - 15:04
smpillai11

thanks :)

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