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High memory usage Ubuntu server

  • 31-08-2014 9:41pm
    #1
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey guys,

    I'm renting a server and all I'm running off it is a few irc bouncers, I have no idea why my mem usage is so high. Below is a screen grab

    24quwas.png

    I'm really new to all this, limited enough experience in Ubuntu


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  • #2
    Kinet1c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 824 ✭✭✭Kinet1c


    What's the spec of the server?

    It looks like you're running some desktop based apps. ie. gnome/natuilus which would run up the memory usage.


  • #3
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Hi, thanks for the reply

    yeah I'm running gnome, think I`ll just stop it, or how can I stop it? :)

    It's a really basic server, the starter pack here http://www.intovps.com/plans.html

    When I connect remotely to the GUI its so slow, pretty much unusable


  • #4
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    nuxxx wrote: »
    Hi, thanks for the reply

    yeah I'm running gnome, think I`ll just stop it, or how can I stop it? :)

    It's a really basic server, the starter pack here http://www.intovps.com/plans.html

    When I connect remotely to the GUI its so slow, pretty much unusable

    A low spec server running a GUI and you are asking whats using rhe memory? Seriously?

    Whoever spun up this server for you installed a desktop not a server. You have GNOME running, pulseaudio(a sound daemon), Nautilus and Apache, as well as your IRC bots.

    You need to stop those services and remove them and connect in from SSH. Make sure you configure SSH first.


  • #5
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    I already stated I have no experience, either way thanks for the advise


  • #6
    Kinet1c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 824 ✭✭✭Kinet1c


    nuxxx wrote: »
    I already stated I have no experience, either way thanks for the advise

    No experience is not a problem, we all started somewhere.

    I use my own VPS for IRC too, however I use an application called IRSSI accompanied with screen. Both are easy to use and you won't need a gui to use them either.

    If you have questions shout and I (along with others no doubt) can help you along the way.


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  • #7
    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    It might also be a good idea to see how much is being used on cache vs how much is actually being used by applications. Run "free -h" in a terminal.

    Look at the line "+/- buffers/cache". The value below the "free" column will be a better measure of how much free RAM you have, see this site for more: http://www.linuxatemyram.com/

    I'm not sure what Ubuntu release you're running, but this link will show you how to boot to text only for Ubuntu 12.04:

    http://askubuntu.com/questions/196603/how-to-remove-the-graphical-user-interface

    I don't know what your Ubuntu release is or what Desktop Environment (most likely Unity, but who knows?) it has installed. It would be a good idea to search askubuntu.com for instructions for how to remove the desktop for your specific release and DE. If you're not sure about the effect of the commands you're running, set up a VM locally and try them there first before you touch your server instance.


  • #8
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    I managed to kill alot of stuff I don't need and free up memory . I`ll work on removing the GUI tomorrow

    Just to clarify I've been using putty and working on the command line


  • #9
    Kinet1c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 824 ✭✭✭Kinet1c


    Yup, putty means you're on the right track.


  • #10
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    I wanted a gui so I could let mirc run on a irc bouncer and script from the menus, but I guess I can do that from the command line without Mirc


  • #11
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    nuxxx wrote: »
    I wanted a gui so I could let mirc run on a irc bouncer and script from the menus, but I guess I can do that from the command line without Mirc

    Mirc doesn't work on Linux without using wine, which would also be a bad idea on a low spec server.


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  • #12
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    It looks like you have no swap partition. Might be a good idea to create one.


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