size and number of smbd processes

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

ok, it was for 1.9.15p8 - 1.9.17p10 :-)

On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Gerald Carter wrote:

> Michael Glauche wrote:
> > 
> > but I think you cannot calculate 60x1700 = space
> > used by samba (correct me if I'm wrong) because 
> > of the shared librarys and calls to fork() (which 
> > uses the same code segment, and only creates a 
> > new data segment)
> 
> Normally what I use in memory calcuations is the working 
> set of the process.  This is available from many tools 
> including top, qps, and others.
> 
> As an aside, I'm curious.  Could people forward me 
> the following info?
> 
> 	* Samba version your running
> 	* the total allocated memory per 
> 	    smbd process on average
> 	* the working set of memory for 
> 	    each smbd on average
> 
> The reason I ask is because this seems to vary drastically
> between platforms.  The report here was for ~1.7Mb per smbd.
> Luke has mentioned before a number of 600 - 800K for the 
> working set.  However, on Solaris 2.6, I daily see
> 2.5Mb for the working set for each smbd using 2.0.3.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> jerry
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>                             Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
> Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
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