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Mem: 16402220k total, 16165840k used, 236380k free, 132244k buffers
Swap: 4194296k total, 4191452k used, 2844k free, 1208664k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
10693 mysql 20 0 12.5g 8.3g 4248 S 3 52.9 6320:38 mysqld
303 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 263:23.29 md3_raid1
10120 root 20 0 17340 1236 896 R 0 0.0 0:00.04 top
15434 root 20 0 0 0 0 R 0 0.0 0:37.72 kworker/0:2
1 root 20 0 8800m 4.8g 636 S 0 31.0 41:38.48 init

Anyone have any idea why init is using so much swap space and memory? How do I begin to debug this, any pointers in the right direction will be appreciated.

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Not sure how much physical memory (pinned) is configured on your machine, but mysqld process (per your ps command output) indicates that it is using 8.3 GB of memory (RES) which is rendering your machine memory-exhausted (swap fully allocated). You may want to investigate your MySQL DBMS. Cheers

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  • I should have included the mem total line, edited post above<br> Mem: 16402220k total, 16165840k used, 236380k free, 132244k buffers
    – Tony
    Mar 16, 2013 at 16:34
  • Ok - restarting Mysql (based on your comments) solves the issue. Clearly I don't understand the relationship between init process and started process, so there is some reading in store for me. Thanks for the pointer cogitoergosum
    – Tony
    Mar 16, 2013 at 16:48

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