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https://github.com/maxzheng/memory-tools/blob/master/memorytools/show_mem.py [ 1 ]

Determine the memory use of a program.

Reportedly more accurate than Ganglia.

• As this script has had updates in maxzheng’s repository I won’t consider this abandoned as-such.

• MILLE-XTERM (mille-xterm.org) was integrated to LTSP-Cluster (ltsp-cluster.org) which is gone, but LTSP exists. I couldn’t find this script/project there.

Usage ∞

1. Create a xrestop log: xrestop -t 1 -b > mem.log

   • The threshold is set in order to get rid of insignificant applications. There is an example on the left of xrestop graph that show tests with OpenOffice.org.
2. Start applications under testing. The log is written each second, so take your time otherwise you will not notice a memory burst.

3. When the test is over, you can obtain the graphic with: mem.py mem.log

Footnotes

1. originally svn.revolutionlinux.com/MILLE/XTERM/trunk/Contrib/xrestop-tool/mem.py (not archived) [ ↩ ]