[Samba] High RAM consumption

[Dinar Yulm]

> What do you mean by 'LDAP Samba processes' ?

LDAP server pre-forked workers.

> What are the actual commands that you are running ?

Some graphical utilities of Windows Server, for example: Active Directory
Users and computers, ADSI, EDIT and others (There are no problems
connecting these utilities to Windows servers with a similar database).

> What OS is this ?

Debian 9 Stretch

чт, 22 авг. 2024 г. в 12:50, Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org
>:

> On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:26:50 +0500
> Dinar Yulm via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > LDAP Samba processes consume a lot of memory. Each LDAP process loads
> > the entire ldb database into memory and does not release it over
> > time. For example, for a 4GB ldb database and 4 LDAP processes, Samba
> > will use up more than 16 GB of RAM. If only 16GB of RAM is installed
> > on the server, then Samba will respond to requests with long delays.
> > Some requests will not be answered (by time-out).
> >
> > As I understood from the ldb documentation, Samba should load only
> > one copy of the database into RAM for all processes.
>
> What do you mean by 'LDAP Samba processes' ?
> What are the actual commands that you are running ?
> What OS is this ?
>
> I ask this because if ask a DC in my domain, it isn't doing what you
> say is happening to you.
>
> Rowland
>
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