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Memory usage increased from 70% to 79.95% after installing node_exporter on AIX 7.1 (PowerPC POWER9)
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Description
Hello,
I installed node_exporter (version v1.11.0, architecture aix-ppc64) on an AIX 7.1 system running on PowerPC POWER9 hardware.
After running node_exporter, I noticed that the overall system memory usage increased significantly from 70% to 79.95%.
Could you please let me know if this is a known issue, or if there are any specific configurations recommended to optimize memory consumption on AIX?
Thank you!
-- node_exporter start
-- node exporter stop
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Start by reproducing the reported memory change with node_exporter v1.11.0 on AIX 7.1 and PowerPC POWER9, comparing the system before and after startup. Done means identifying whether node_exporter causes the increase and documenting a confirmed cause or configuration guidance.
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- Tech stack
- go, prometheus
- Domain
- observability, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
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