Thread: Server problem

I have a server running CentOS 5 with Joomla, WordPress, Plone and other Web applications. The server crashes very frequently and stops responding. One of my friends suggested that this could be due to a memory leak. Please provide me more information about memory leaks and how I ought to manage the problem.

A memory leak is a condition wherein your server faces a gradual loss of available memory. This is due to a bug(s) in a program that allocates the memory to the program and does not de-allocate it when the need is over. As a result, it ends up eating all the system memory available on the server.

Memory leaks may be one of the problems your server is facing. But I won't be able to help you much as I need Lo study your log files to check what's making your server stop responding. The reasons could be many, and not only necessarily a memory leak. So, I'd recommend analysing the relevant log files.