[c-nsp] BGP memory usage: "holding"

[Chris Hunt]

On 8/30/2013 11:15 PM, Saku Ytti wrote:
> On (2013-08-30 16:08 -0700), Chris Hunt wrote:
>
>> ASBR01#show ip bgp summ
>> BGP using 118439934 total bytes of memory
>> ASBR01#show proc memory sorted
>>  PID TTY  Allocated      Freed    Holding    Getbufs    Retbufs Process
>>  245   0 1164760780 2722921792  266540872      21596          0 BGP
>> Router      
>> Does anyone know where all that "Holding" memory is going?  Thanks and
>> happy labor day!
> It's a fair question, to which I don't know answer. But I know this memory
> consumption is perfectly expected. I have *cough* big boned iBGP and
> running DMZ on 512MB VXR has been out of the question for many years now.
>
> #sh ip bgp summary            
> BGP using 129215473 total bytes of memory
>
> #show processes memory sorted 
>  PID TTY  Allocated      Freed    Holding    Getbufs    Retbufs Process
>   267   0  305658188 3274478028  363582488          0          0 BGP Router      
>
> 12.2(33)SRD4
>
> I'm sure you can open TAC case about 'sh ip bgp summary' showing
> incorrectly memory use, and I'd love to hear also what is missing from
> there. But I'm afraid you have to forget about DMZ and NPE400.
>
Yep, those boxes are going away.  Thanks for the feedback.  In my "free
time" I may end up opening a TAC on it, and if so, I'll be sure to
report back to the group.

-Chris