You need to be more specific about httpd and OS versions, as well as a list of the modules used. There have been memory leaks in some modules in the past, like a leak in the handling of rewrite maps for example. You could also search the Apache bug site. -ascs -----Original Message----- From: Girts [mailto:girts@xxxxxx] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 9:00 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [users@httpd] Apache eating memory PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 8520 www 10 0 414m 320m 4896 S 0.0 36.2 0:08.08 httpd 8631 www 9 0 195m 191m 3816 S 0.0 21.7 0:15.50 httpd 8511 www 9 0 182m 178m 4944 S 0.0 20.2 0:06.49 httpd 8516 www 9 0 20016 15m 4428 S 0.0 1.8 0:00.93 httpd 8526 www 10 0 19476 15m 3916 S 0.0 1.8 0:05.41 httpd 8513 www 9 0 17772 14m 4828 S 0.0 1.6 0:04.39 httpd 8512 www 9 0 16920 13m 4784 S 0.0 1.5 0:01.66 httpd 8518 www 9 0 16832 13m 4712 S 0.0 1.5 0:01.41 httpd 8514 www 9 0 16452 12m 4764 S 0.0 1.5 0:02.43 httpd 8515 www 9 0 16224 12m 4752 S 0.0 1.4 0:03.54 httpd 8517 www 9 0 15920 12m 4776 S 0.0 1.4 0:02.10 httpd 8519 www 9 0 15680 12m 4732 S 0.0 1.4 0:02.12 httpd 8528 www 10 0 19656 11m 3708 S 0.0 1.3 0:02.51 httpd 8630 www 11 0 15344 11m 3752 S 7.1 1.3 0:01.25 httpd 8529 www 10 0 15308 11m 3624 S 0.0 1.3 0:01.08 httpd 8531 www 9 0 15828 11m 4384 S 0.0 1.3 0:01.60 httpd 8632 www 9 0 15028 11m 3836 S 0.0 1.3 0:05.05 httpd 8525 www 9 0 15236 11m 3820 S 0.0 1.3 0:04.56 httpd 8530 www 9 0 19804 10m 3904 S 0.0 1.2 0:02.32 httpd 8523 www 9 0 108m 10m 3512 S 0.0 1.2 0:08.94 httpd Does anybody have somekind of explanation why apache after 5 min of work is eating 400 mb ram ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx