Huge system load when more than 2 cameras are enabled?

kulla · Post by **kulla** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:06 pm

Hi all,

I have a problem with zm on suse linux 9.1 pro.

When I enable more than 2 cameras in any mode system load starts increasing, usualy more than 3.xx.

I'm using pixord network cameras P-205 and jpg mode of recording of stream.

System is intel 1.6, 3x128 mb ram, 40 gb disk

Does anyone has any idea how to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance

lazyleopard · Post by **lazyleopard** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:54 pm

First thing to check is how much memory the various bits of ZoneMinder are using. Pay particular attention to the shared memory total ("top" does a fair job of displaying this).

kulla · Post by **kulla** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:09 pm

tnx for reply

this output I have in top

PID USER SHR %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
30922 wwwrun 2200 0.0 1.4 0:23.16 zmwatch.pl
30926 wwwrun 2416 0.0 2.1 0:00.45 zmupdate.pl
30913 wwwrun 2416 0.0 3.4 0:02.00 zmfilter.pl
30882 wwwrun 1004 0.0 0.4 0:01.66 zmdc.pl
30936 wwwrun 23m 23.7 6.7 562:52.47 zmc
7083 wwwrun 23m 22.4 6.8 15:18.42 zmc
7552 wwwrun 23m 25.7 6.6 1:11.17 zmc
30917 wwwrun 2184 0.0 1.5 0:27.97 zmaudit.pl
30905 wwwrun 23m 7.9 6.6 162:06.88 zma

Post by **zoneminder** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:59 am

That doesn't tabulate very well. Could you try doing a 'top -c -n 1' and then pasting the results using the 'Code' tag which I think is fixed width.

Phil,

lazyleopard · Post by **lazyleopard** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:16 pm

...if you use "M" in top while it's running (but you'll need -n greater than 1) you'll get the big memory users at the top too, which might also be useful. "?" in a running top will give you a run-down of the other options available. "u" to show just one user might also be useful.