[j-nsp] J series users bitten by the massive memory useincrease with flow mode add, please file jtac cases.

[Christopher E. Brown]

On 7/21/2010 12:48 PM, Heath Jones wrote:
> I think you should actually give the renaming of the binary a go. If you
> rename flowd (or name of process using memory), it wont be found and
> loaded on next boot. Obviously this is a hack and not what you want to
> be relying on in a production network, but if it solves the issue then
> good. That and hassle Juniper about a longer term solution.
>  
> The other solution is to remove the statement that causes the daemon to
> load on boot, but I cant remember where that is and what loads it (init
> / rc?).
>  
> Killing the process first will let you check if there are any other side
> effects.


The process is required for forwarding.  It can be disabled in the config, but then all
routing stops.



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