Running discourse under docker and recently finding discourse loading became extremely slow, df -h shows that # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev tmpfs 500M 41M 460M 9% /run /dev/sda1 117G 60G 51G 55% / tmpfs 2.0G 18M 2.0G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs 394M 0 394M 0% /run/user/0 overlay 117G 60G 51G 55% /usr/bin/wbin/data/overlay2/dfbf19c2da072a3a52c868284237d52aee235766d694ab0c5ed1da211aef7970/merged overlay 117G 60G 51G 55% /usr/bin/wbin/data/overlay2/d41d8ad7053ece6fc41f3a00932ab6b700cec2f290a246bcfbdcd13e4e222bd7/merged overlay 117G 60G 51G 55% /usr/bin/wbin/data/overlay2/cff77a73b3d615a01fb175ae6a0e1c0d5edc5d5b9ac9fe5ac9f67169632185ed/merged overlay 117G 60G 51G 55% /usr/bin/wbin/data/overlay2/e0b89f758a0cc4bf2cb076204816366de559c021971099aac4ea1ce29c49364c/merged overlay 117G 60G 51G 55% /usr/bin/wbin/data/overlay2/a370679848430d996e58b7d515a4fba887b2065adf660cfd176e100c19eb6eaa/merged overlay 117G 60G 51G 55% /usr/bin/wbin/data/overlay2/f64c527ff68cc67bc0b2d0070e8da3cbd07679e57c51b47f66d438416003e15a/merged overlay 117G 60G 51G 55% /usr/bin/wbin/data/overlay2/d1c4b8fe2752b999cb116d0c82d00adf1956dc940fce1eb27f01db05875e295a/merged overlay 117G 60G 51G 55% /var/lib/docker/overlay2/8fe53ea9157ba3ae2ae42674dd13bcdab5cd50d70d220356698dd52cbf13e967/merged tmpfs 394M 0 394M 0% /run/user/1000 and /overlay2/*/diff is also very large # du -sh /var/lib/docker/overlay2 12G /var/lib/docker/overlay2 # du -shc /var/lib/docker/overlay2/*/diff 7.4M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/016bf588971d95bf43ef81c16ef4153f08cceded358bd91367551244465001cf/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/06d01901014ac62536c329d5779d2bfea29a5258b1c8142e56e18c7a396c981e/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/072a59e6d900b0a4588ae1d0dc8a776254ec314b57394691667a565c35df93fe/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/1825b4f8dcf2422c625663644c21962b5b45d52c1a0241e6823a6999d72954c9/diff 284K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/1e2679b47851aa21bf68394f6dff36ae591fc4d67d72ae0ac94ccbbd73008227/diff 332K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/1ff99ef050fa8b5047f698261a4bc69f945890b64f345afb298c8bace1adc444/diff 88M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/20f2a30ae594f7310b0f7a094555967ae17555581b8b51a7b14ac7fe85f3645b/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/29da7c333dd4b760bf344e0eb581e7643a5bcdd24ecc6e53cd8d2e424b5cdfb3/diff 575M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/33af770bb548e08a8a3c347268910065ed2f1dd4bf3b224c9ad0b5fe0412a4ff/diff 30M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/3b50de4a8a53280b1ee6368655ece448c3a1db0d02d3326b856c1a1e53fdedbe/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/3c36e0bf023604784223d0acfffde3dc01daebd9fbf99e3c03aa1ff0b8fec964/diff 7.7M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/3ccfebc03f1457e2088becc5ae6347ce473e383006982ba36884e4ef8c9f4909/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/3d66a1ace242982d6ba5dc202262658723efa398b626821413376d04117784cc/diff 16K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/465dcaacbb755d2bfff282c374898d50cb67eaad28f0102744c26ec7c3395533/diff 30M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/46d2409f27fa087c2d9b8e645af9dd6ed1447d3db94c589f53db14f5017d9504/diff 202M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/4c67a4021ba2ec84586302df10f351f8667c2b734f47eb4b3eb28abd97d1fc7c/diff 1.4G /var/lib/docker/overlay2/5073c622adb6762a95514c19a1affe00e0a58321d1ce68eeec60fc617f996264/diff 68K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/59eaffea8fe6d7353ecbf0ef9c3c0e172193bbc93bcfa8a33530ffc9d6d438a3/diff 800K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/5a67e03203f8573eab56db3b8496656391f35d6054ad69e7c8e64309f2ad192e/diff 8.0K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/5d419ae4d604954af86ae0e2ada33633d6036dbb23778f775af3753265b7d9c5/diff 20K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/5d9bd9427b012004f59ec9538ee8af2982a435f16a83933f2b7a1839d2447ef7/diff 8.0K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/5fd27e0796e83b9a12a6ef81a36e1af06cabd8944ff3581a537a81042f817a8f/diff 16K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/62235a7c903e965446abc07b4e35ab3b8f2bbc094fcb1e1ff6c4774f33c1ea92/diff 4.0K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/6dba93306c140cce13a657942f6c9320f45b46da0be8b0fb7cf784d3ea3c2fdd/diff 179M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/6e79620c6a5a8e183f41d06e8e71776cfe3d827f6ab644452e8f2a397d536113/diff 37M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/738b42e633dfaaf10d250d535b3e81187cd2ece7834f3c8ad0e8b822515763f2/diff 1.8G /var/lib/docker/overlay2/77cb1343e1f64990e5f5990729f101b917ce95e92e89d753d3a3e594196341dd/diff 242M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/78f29c2713c65382ebf30f4aa4c324cede389a8bc27f9dd9478acdf7836c7c83/diff 222M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/8ba232f250e7e1cb0e85523606858aac4c5f653136b80831dd986d3eec52d3a8/diff 164M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/8fe53ea9157ba3ae2ae42674dd13bcdab5cd50d70d220356698dd52cbf13e967/diff 20K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/8fe53ea9157ba3ae2ae42674dd13bcdab5cd50d70d220356698dd52cbf13e967-init/diff 44K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/910816bc0e720e928e2b0d0cf365e4fe0b8a98769667dec5cc648095ea7e0fa2/diff 32K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/9c0221ef6821d4d69b9f657260b354f1991530ec87f0eebe63d95cbb3fb55cec/diff 30M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/a336ca295e58fb9228db6e19a591c735e0c2da553056ebc2f2e66a63a4627330/diff 8.0K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/a6faab942fa10a878918a2c00a69e63e6f65dc114834302acefd86807cbe407c/diff 47M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/ae6d4be8d39a6ef77113443eff63b21e956ecee745c36f70280048f5bbb37109/diff 300M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/b3592e37ba5b6eee777e2665c75444f5198eeb26c05d9b0b42e14a8c51d84d4a/diff 125M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/c31e2fdec1d444a99b6d95c03b7f18f68e8782211da895d669c7eb839c343f63/diff 16K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/c5075366bc3a68a112e010c41fec051238593845352db0ce97c83038c6bfda8d/diff 16K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/c59842c114123d6ea40499d870f0b1ee1e9d527cf3cb7b48fea8b6d4e866e929/diff 80K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/c5d534cbe4470c3141e9b664a9fa5b0284ff990c79d5d01657a6d65910fa6ddd/diff 40K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/cd4c3c7059bffc4736f8fdf0026ecff8e7e171347aeb546cbf136a314f2e6681/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/ceeb6c12f226564611a46446aa0aef9632521582693ae3de4eb240605339b5e9/diff 20K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/d2f46cb5002369b6450979586b4bbd1cd12743c61bb12cee740a94e3a04bfa06/diff 82M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/e04f3f7d18db0307a36ba418bace6ff26acb13cc89894deb930703b5358b236b/diff 24K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/e0df3bff1e78c6c653ada3947373036196abe131f34da32d5f4b0653546675dc/diff 20K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/e111194861895b0ba075166851412ceeecdd9f20dad8ba144bc5f02cd4571024/diff 1.8G /var/lib/docker/overlay2/e2e277c7d2bc941b42c9d06ea23f7caa3bef7cf9c1fdfc63f48586d5adfafda6/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/ee3b5b992d7b851371a09614fc44a3bd26f4f4e5dc6645c44cb47737e6bb22c2/diff 12K /var/lib/docker/overlay2/fcb6f4112dade14e1803d182f49117a8807675a938684e520190bed363672b90/diff 7.1G total the biggest inside is /discourse /var/lib/docker/overlay2/77cb1343e1f64990e5f5990729f101b917ce95e92e89d753d3a3e594196341dd/diff/var/www# ls | xargs -I {} du -shx {} 1.7G discourse How to fix that?

[image] user14893: How to fix that? That’s how big it’s supposed to be. Speed is more likely about RAM.

thank you, checking it out and finding there is only a small space of the mem left # free -h -w 1 total used free shared buffers cache available Mem: 3.8Gi 3.6Gi 100Mi 3.0Mi 15Mi 157Mi 63Mi Swap: 6.0Gi 4.3Gi 1.7Gi but when i use top to view cpu usage, only kswapd0 is sus taking a lot of cpu PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 147 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 22.1 0.0 466:10.47 kswapd0 838038 qisimao 25 5 6108156 159292 3332 S 14.9 4.0 14:47.47 ruby 1128378 qisimao 20 0 5517068 147132 4732 R 7.9 3.7 0:49.06 ruby 1131209 qisimao 20 0 5341676 84752 3664 S 6.9 2.1 0:16.10 ruby 1131433 qisimao 20 0 5337708 87168 3860 S 6.6 2.2 0:13.29 ruby 1131155 qisimao 20 0 5515340 105200 4208 D 6.3 2.6 0:19.56 ruby 1128425 qisimao 20 0 5510732 128916 3876 S 5.9 3.2 0:44.48 ruby 1131330 qisimao 20 0 5518444 80516 4556 S 5.0 2.0 0:16.18 ruby 1131354 qisimao 20 0 5518252 84400 4400 S 4.0 2.1 0:15.52 ruby 386 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 3.0 0.0 54:33.38 kworker+ 388 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 2.6 0.0 54:11.81 kworker+ 285 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 2.3 0.0 55:05.82 kworker+ 354 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 2.3 0.0 51:55.05 kworker+ 1131545 systemd+ 20 0 1175616 8708 3912 S 1.7 0.2 0:00.99 postmas+ 1131902 systemd+ 20 0 1184152 13764 4496 R 1.7 0.3 0:01.59 postmas+ 1127789 systemd+ 20 0 1177432 11008 3144 S 1.3 0.3 0:02.86 postmas+ 1132448 systemd+ 20 0 1176508 9156 4252 S 1.3 0.2 0:00.27 postmas+ 285221 www-data 20 0 61904 4356 2024 S 1.0 0.1 4:19.51 nginx 1131347 systemd+ 20 0 1184764 8096 3724 D 1.0 0.2 0:01.38 postmas+ 1131463 systemd+ 20 0 1174200 8448 3900 S 1.0 0.2 0:00.17 postmas+ 30 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.7 0.0 8:01.81 ksoftir+ 285210 message+ 20 0 133444 8476 1100 S 0.7 0.2 13:06.39 redis-s+ 1121070 systemd+ 20 0 1177628 4712 2652 S 0.7 0.1 0:04.65 postmas+ 1123838 systemd+ 20 0 1177556 5780 2916 S 0.7 0.1 0:03.40 postmas+ 1123880 systemd+ 20 0 1179840 6788 2992 S 0.7 0.2 0:03.06 postmas+ 1131296 systemd+ 20 0 1184712 7816 3732 S 0.7 0.2 0:01.62 postmas+ 1131744 root 20 0 38636 3280 2660 R 0.7 0.1 0:01.07 top 10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 4:11.79 ksoftir+ 24 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 4:52.74 ksoftir+ 1022 root 20 0 30.4g 6412 3416 S 0.3 0.2 7:22.68 BT-Task 285222 www-data 20 0 63016 3008 1492 S 0.3 0.1 4:06.79 nginx 285223 www-data 20 0 62940 3576 1832 S 0.3 0.1 4:03.03 nginx is that normal?

[image] user14893: but when i use top to view cpu usage, only kswapd0 is sus taking a lot of cpu It is if you need more ram because the cpu is spending all of it’s time swapping. You need more ram.

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) May 2, 2024, 8:16am 4

It is if you need more ram because the cpu is spending all of it’s time swapping.

You need more ram.

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