# Why nginx took so many memory? Is it right? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [February 5, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-nginx-took-so-many-memory-is-it-right/182962 "2010-02-05T09:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![21andy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/2/aca169/32.png) [@21andy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/21andy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-nginx-took-so-many-memory-is-it-right/182962/1 "2010-02-05T09:35:12Z")
My server: 8 core CPU , 2G memory , CentOS 5.3 64bit nginx take 40M memory per thread, is it right? I see other guys only 11M memory per-thread and the php-cgi also take 40M memory per thread I see other guys only 8M memory per-thread could you tell me how to fix it? thank you very much. please see the pic [http://www.21andy.com/temp/nginx\_memory.gif](http://www.21andy.com/temp/nginx_memory.gif) Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Why nginx took so many memory? Is it right?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,50831,50831#msg-50831)** > > My server: 8 core CPU , 2G memory , CentOS 5.3 64bit nginx take 40M memory per thread, is it right? I see other guys only 11M memory per-thread and the php-cgi also take 40M memory per thread I see other guys only 8M memory per-thread ---
**Author:** ![21andy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/2/aca169/32.png) [@21andy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/21andy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-nginx-took-so-many-memory-is-it-right/182962/2 "2010-02-05T09:49:50Z")
mine was 73 MB virt, 3 MB res (x1 child), my cgi process: 747 MB virt, 99 MB res (x2 child) On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:34 PM, 21andy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > could you tell me how to fix it? > nginx mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [mailman.nginx.org archive](http://nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx) – Regards, Kiswono P GB ---
**Author:** ![21andy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/2/aca169/32.png) [@21andy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/21andy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-nginx-took-so-many-memory-is-it-right/182962/3 "2010-02-05T10:18:00Z")
Here is mine [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcdinh/4331535395/sizes/o/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcdinh/4331535395/sizes/o/) 1 box: 8-core, 4GB RAM, RAID 1 CentOS 5.4 32 bit PHP 5.3 About 15 millions PHP requests per day What I have done - Custom build - Static linked - Remove unneeded PHP extensions 21andy wrote: > My server: 8 core CPU , 2G memory , CentOS 5.3 64bit > > nginx take 40M memory per thread, is it right? > > I see other guys only 11M memory per-thread > > and the php-cgi also take 40M memory per thread > > I see other guys only 8M memory per-thread > > could you tell me how to fix it? > > thank you very much. > > please see the pic > [http://www.21andy.com/temp/nginx\_memory.gif](http://www.21andy.com/temp/nginx_memory.gif) > > Posted at Nginx Forum: > [http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,50831,50831#msg-50831](http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,50831,50831#msg-50831)