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Dear Ma Qiang, We will help you as much as we can. First, is there truly a problem? Does the LDM system crash? Does the LDM system stop receiving data? I ask this because Linux system attempt to use all available memory -- even if it's not necessary. I've attached the output of "top" from one of our LDM systems. Note that its output is similar to yours (no free memory, no swap space used, mostly idle). If you still believe that there is a problem, then... No other LDM site has reported this problem, so it is probably caused by something unique to the CMA. For example, the LDM configuration might be a little off or the CMA network might somehow cause LDM processes to not terminate. How much physical memory do the other TIGGE systems have for the same amount of data? How much swap space? The number of LDM processes (50 to 60) seems large. How many REQUEST entries are in your LDM configuration-file? What is the output from the command "netstat -pat | grep ldm"? Is the hostname of the LDM system "tigge-ldm.cma.gov.cn"? May I log into the LDM system as the LDM user? We have done this before from our host "zero.unidata.ucar.edu". Regards, Steve Emmerson LDM Developer > Dear Sir, > > I am MA Qiang, and I am working for TIGGE project at CMA. > > Recently, I found that the memory usage increased rapidly on LDM Server at > CMA. > > I added the physical memory to 8GB. But the memory run out in 3 - 4 days. > > Please refer to the forward email as follows. > > Could you please tell us how to deal with this problem and give us some > advice. > ( > The version of LDM running at CMA is ldm-6.6.5, OS is RHEL 4.4. > $ uname -a > Linux tgn01 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 23:32:02 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 > x86_64 GNU/Linux > There is no other user application running on the LDM Server. > The attachment is the output of top command which is sorted by Resident size > (kb). > ) > > Thank you! > > Best regards, > MA Qiang > > National Meteorological Information Center > 2008-01-14 Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: EEC-237791 Department: Support IDD TIGGE Priority: Normal Status: On Hold