Checkpoint : Memory

hmem

failures mean that the hmem is full. This is not a real memory problem, but indicates a configuration problem. If low hmem limit was configured, it leads to improper usage of the OS memory.

Possible reasons for

smem failures are: smem reached its limit, exhausted the OS memory or large non-sleep allocations. This can indicate some memory shortage.

kmem

failed allocations means that some applications did not get memory. his is usually an indication for a memory problem. The most common memory problem is memory shortage. Memory shortage sometimes indicates a memory leak. In order to troubleshoot memory shortage, stop the load and let connections close.

In case memory consumption went back to normal, you are not dealing with a memory leak. Such shortage might happen when traffic volumes are too high for the device capacity. If the memory shortage happens after a change in the system or the environment, undo the change, and check whether kmem memory consumption goes down.