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What version of redis server are you using? The version from git? This smells like a redis server bug to me so I might ask on the redis list or in irc.

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Hello,

I use redis-1.2.6. I've asked on redis list also, no response yet.

But it seems I figured out what was causing the bug. I've attached log file and got the following:

29 Mar 19:10:29 - 10 changes in 300 seconds. Saving...
29 Mar 19:10:29 * Failed saving the DB: Permission denied
29 Mar 19:10:29 - Background saving started by pid 26565
29 Mar 19:10:30 * Background saving error
29 Mar 19:10:31 - 10 changes in 300 seconds. Saving...
29 Mar 19:10:31 * Failed saving the DB: Permission denied
29 Mar 19:10:31 - Background saving started by pid 26566
29 Mar 19:10:32 * Background saving error
29 Mar 19:10:33 - 10 changes in 300 seconds. Saving...
29 Mar 19:10:33 * Failed saving the DB: Permission denied
29 Mar 19:10:33 - Background saving started by pid 26567
29 Mar 19:10:34 * Background saving error
29 Mar 19:10:35 - 10 changes in 300 seconds. Saving...
29 Mar 19:10:35 * Failed saving the DB: Permission denied
29 Mar 19:10:35 - Background saving started by pid 26568
29 Mar 19:10:36 * Background saving error
29 Mar 19:10:37 - 10 changes in 300 seconds. Saving...
29 Mar 19:10:37 * Failed saving the DB: Permission denied
29 Mar 19:10:37 - Background saving started by pid 26569

Redis-server was trying to save db, but faced permission problem. So it created a new process every second, which seems quite strange to me.

So I fixed permissions I it stabilised for now.

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