$ free -m; for i in `seq 1 50`; do echo -n "$i `date "+%s"` "; ps -o %mem=,cmd= -C tahoe; tahoe get "root:path/to/myfile" /dev/null; done; ps -o %mem=,cmd= -C tahoe; free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1506 138 1368 0 12 49 -/+ buffers/cache: 76 1430 Swap: 258 0 258 1 1359750553 2.9 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 2 1359750663 4.4 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 3 1359750775 5.8 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 4 1359750891 7.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 5 1359751006 8.5 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 6 1359751121 9.7 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 7 1359751237 11.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 8 1359751353 12.4 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 9 1359751468 13.8 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 10 1359751584 15.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 11 1359751701 16.3 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 12 1359751816 16.5 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 13 1359751983 16.6 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 14 1359752099 16.6 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 15 1359752260 16.6 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 16 1359752376 16.7 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 17 1359752493 16.8 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 18 1359752609 16.8 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 19 1359752725 16.9 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 20 1359752840 17.0 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 21 1359752957 17.0 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 22 1359753073 17.0 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 23 1359753189 17.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 24 1359753305 17.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 25 1359753421 17.2 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 26 1359753538 17.3 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 27 1359753654 17.3 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 28 1359753771 17.3 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 29 1359753887 17.4 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 30 1359754004 17.5 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 31 1359754121 17.5 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 32 1359754238 17.5 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 33 1359754356 17.5 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 34 1359754473 17.5 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 35 1359754590 17.5 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 36 1359754708 17.6 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 37 1359754825 17.6 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 38 1359754943 17.6 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 39 1359755050 17.7 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 40 1359755128 17.7 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 41 1359755211 17.8 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 42 1359755306 17.9 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 43 1359755424 17.9 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 44 1359755527 17.9 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 45 1359755604 17.9 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 46 1359755687 18.0 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 47 1359755769 18.0 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 48 1359755886 18.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 49 1359756004 18.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 50 1359756121 18.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start root:path/to/myfile retrieved and written to /dev/null 18.1 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/tahoe start total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1506 371 1135 0 14 49 -/+ buffers/cache: 306 1200 Swap: 258 0 258