MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Mar 10, 2026 · Operations

How to Diagnose and Fix Memory Leaks in a Containerized Image Thumbnail Service

This guide walks through a systematic, step‑by‑step process for identifying, analyzing, and resolving memory‑related incidents in a high‑traffic thumbnail generation service running in Kubernetes, covering everything from initial symptom checks with free and vmstat to deep dives using smem, pmap, smaps, perf, and post‑mortem verification.

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How to Diagnose and Fix Memory Leaks in a Containerized Image Thumbnail Service
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 26, 2022 · Operations

Master Linux System Monitoring: Essential Commands and Tools for Ops

This guide explains how to efficiently monitor Linux systems using core commands and tools such as ls, ps, free, top, smem, and provides practical examples for checking CPU, memory, processes, disks, networks, and removing zombie processes.

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Master Linux System Monitoring: Essential Commands and Tools for Ops
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Feb 10, 2022 · Operations

Master Linux Memory Insights with smem: Install, Use, and Visualize

This guide explains how to install the Linux smem tool, use its various options to report RSS, USS, and PSS memory metrics, filter results for specific processes or users, and generate visual pie and bar charts with Python's matplotlib for clearer memory analysis.

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Master Linux Memory Insights with smem: Install, Use, and Visualize
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Feb 27, 2019 · Operations

Master Linux System Monitoring: Essential Commands & Smem Tips

This guide walks you through Linux command‑line shortcuts, the five key system‑operation metrics, and powerful tools like smem, ps, and sort to efficiently monitor CPU, memory, processes, disks, and network while also handling zombie processes.

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Master Linux System Monitoring: Essential Commands & Smem Tips