Zabbix server Memory usage grows over time!!!

[lbarcenas]

Hi everyone,

I have been using Zabbix 2.4.6 for a while to monitor some 200 hosts. I have 2.7k items monitored and 222 new values per sec. I use MySQL database but it's on a separate server. I've been wondering why the server where Zabbix server was installed runs out of disk space in several weeks. I have nothing installed aside from Zabbix-related packages/software/modules. I needed to restart my server to regain some disk space.

Please help!!!!

[kloczek]

On top of this forum is sticky subject post https://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9925

[lbarcenas]

I've read the thread but i still can't find the answer I'm looking for. This is really mysterious because there is no physical file that I can delete to free up some of my disk space.

my du -hs * results:

0 bin
156M boot
0 dev
23M etc
268K home
0 lib
0 lib64
0 media
0 mnt
0 opt
du: cannot access ‘proc/19779/task/19779/fd/4’: No such file or directory
du: cannot access ‘proc/19779/task/19779/fdinfo/4’: No such file or directory
du: cannot access ‘proc/19779/fd/4’: No such file or directory
du: cannot access ‘proc/19779/fdinfo/4’: No such file or directory
0 proc
72M root
377M run
0 sbin
0 srv
0 sys
12K tmp
1.4G usr
433M var


My df -h result:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/xvda1 8.0G 7.1G 1013M 88% /

BTW, I am using an EC2 instance in amazon in Centos. Please help!!!

[evertonco]

run du -h --max-depth=1 on /var and /run to find the large file.

Check in your zabbix_server.conf if LogLevel parameter isn't too excessive and generating several log.

[lbarcenas]

So I tried restarting the server and it went back to the original server size around 2.2Gb disk usage with Zabbix server. Over time, it still goes up and currently in 3.2Gb..
I ran the command on
/var 433M
/run 241M
I'll monitor if usage grows in these folders.

My zabbix_server.conf file already limits the log size at 60Mb.

[ozIS]

you may want to check zabbix_trap.tmp under /tmp/, if you have.