今天惊愕地发现,主节点上8G内存被不知道什么进程吃掉了整整6G有余,正常的计算快要维持不下去了,遂处理之。
先看看内存使用状况
[root@node1 ~]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 8004 6557 1446 0 163 5630
-/+ buffers/cache: 763 7240
Swap: 1983 0 1983
其中:
total 内存总数
used 已经使用的内存数
free 空闲的内存数
shared 多个进程共享的内存总额
buffers Buffer Cache和cached Page Cache 磁盘缓存的大小
-buffers/cache 的内存数:used - buffers - cached
+buffers/cache 的内存数:free + buffers + cached
可用的memory=free memory+buffers+cached
把内存里的数据暂时写到硬盘里
[root@node1 ~]# sync
修改 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches文件(/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches的默认值为0)
[root@node1 ~]# echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
[root@node1 ~]# cat /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
再看内存
[root@node1 ~]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 8004 631 7372 0 0 60
-/+ buffers/cache: 570 7433
Swap: 1983 0 1983
终于释放出来了。
有关/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches的用法在下面进行了说明(原文: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_drop_caches.html):
Writing to this will cause the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
先看看内存使用状况
[root@node1 ~]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 8004 6557 1446 0 163 5630
-/+ buffers/cache: 763 7240
Swap: 1983 0 1983
其中:
total 内存总数
used 已经使用的内存数
free 空闲的内存数
shared 多个进程共享的内存总额
buffers Buffer Cache和cached Page Cache 磁盘缓存的大小
-buffers/cache 的内存数:used - buffers - cached
+buffers/cache 的内存数:free + buffers + cached
可用的memory=free memory+buffers+cached
把内存里的数据暂时写到硬盘里
[root@node1 ~]# sync
修改 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches文件(/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches的默认值为0)
[root@node1 ~]# echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
[root@node1 ~]# cat /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
再看内存
[root@node1 ~]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 8004 631 7372 0 0 60
-/+ buffers/cache: 570 7433
Swap: 1983 0 1983
终于释放出来了。
有关/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches的用法在下面进行了说明(原文: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_drop_caches.html):
Writing to this will cause the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
To free pagecache:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
To free dentries and inodes:
echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
To free pagecache, dentries and inodes:
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
As this is a non-destructive operation, and dirty objects are not freeable, the user should run "sync" first in order to make sure all cached objects are freed.
This tunable was added in 2.6.16.