The website was showing a blank page in the browser too. Recently, a customer approached us to fix his application that often gets stuck. Now, we’ll see how our Dedicated Engineers troubleshoot and fix the mmap error. And, the solution depends on the underlying reason. The real challenge is to find the cause of high memory usage.

Unfortunately, the mmap error is very broad. Some typical examples include complex Magento installation, or installing packages via PHP composer in containers with low memory allocation. And, when the memory in the server is running out, the logs will show memory errors as : mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memoryīasically, this error happens due to insufficient memory allocation on the server.įrom our experience in managing servers, we see this error in applications that are memory intensive.

This mmap() function creates a new mapping upon every file request. Simply stated, mmap is a system call that maps files or devices into server memory. When do we see “mmap failed cannot allocate memory” error?įirstly, we’ll have a look at the typical scenario where this error pops up. Today, we’ll see how our Support Engineers analyze and fix mmap memory issues in the servers. Unfortunately, finding the real reason for high memory usage can be tedious.Īt Bobcares, we often get requests to solve server memory issues as part of our Server Management Services. This error primarily happens due to memory shortage. One such error is “ mmap failed cannot allocate memory“. At times, buggy applications create resource crunch on the server and result in memory errors. Every application consumes server resources.

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