[Xorp-users] RAM-Usage

Pavlin Radoslavov pavlin@icir.org
Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:36:39 -0800


> XORP is running fine (at least here :P), but I noticed a quite high
> memory usage:
> 
>   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
> 28960 root      15   0  653m 345m 1780 S  1.7 68.6 427:26.51 xorp_pimsm4
> 
> The PC in question has 512 MB RAM and does Gigabit-Routing of Unicast
> and Multicast (High Traffic, many groups). Is this memory footage
> normal?

The memory usage seems a little bit too high. BTW, is it growing
over time or is it a relatively constant.
Also, how many groups and senders are there, and what is the size of
the  unicast routing table.

Pavlin