[rt-users] Massive memory usage

[Kenneth Marshall]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:48:13AM -0700, Nick Kartsioukas wrote:
> I'm running a few instances of RT on a Debian 5.0 box, Apache 2.2.9,
> fastcgi 2.4.6, RT 3.8.2.  I'm noticing the mason_handler.fcgi processes
> are taking up quite a bit of memory.  One RT instance's processes are
> using ~35 megs physical memory each, the other are using ~50-60 megs
> each.  Is there a known cause or fix for something like this?  What
> might I be able to do to track down the cause?

This is normal memory usage, not extraordinary usage. The working
set size of the RT cgi instance will depend on the usage to which
it is put, what queries and updates...

Cheers,
Ken