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--- pfsense:memory:high_memory_usage [2020/11/27 10:54] – peter
+++ pfsense:memory:high_memory_usage [2021/01/06 09:25] (current) – peter
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 ====== PFSense - Memory - High Memory Usage ======
-**Large State Tables** - State table entries require about 1 KB of RAM each.
+===== Check State Tables =====
+Navigate to **System -> Advanced -> Firewall & NAT**.
+Check the **Firewall Maximum States** and **Firewall Maximum Table Entries** fields.
+Each State table entry requires about 1 KB of RAM.
   * The default state table size is calculated based on 10% of the available RAM in the firewall.
   * For example, a firewall with 1 GB of RAM will default to 100,000 states which when full would use about 100 MB of RAM.
   * For large environments requiring state tables with several hundred thousand connections, or millions of connections, ensure adequate RAM is available.
-**Packages** - Some of the packages increase RAM requirements significantly.
-  * Snort and ntop are two that should not be installed on a system with less than 1GB RAM.
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 ===== Check System Activity =====
-Navigate to **Diagnostics > System Activity**.
+Navigate to **Diagnostics -> System Activity**.
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 **NOTE:**  This is equivalent of the **top -aSH** command.
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+===== Check Packages =====
+Some packages increase RAM requirements significantly.
+  * Snort and ntop are two that should not be installed on a system with less than 1GB RAM.
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