Re: memory leaks

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 63389
interpreted = N
texte = If you haven't already done so, I would direct this question to the WebStar list as well. We had numerous problems with WebStar 5 before switching to Apache about 2 years ago. On 11/9/05 5:08 PM, "Robert Mosebar" wrote: > Last night our election management system (OS X 10.3.9) running the > latest versions of WebStar and WebDNA started gradually loosing free > memory over time. Even today with very little traffic, we can see the > amount of real and virtual memory allocated for WebCatalog continue > to grow as free memory declines. > > Over a period of a half hour, the amount of real memory assigned to > WebCatalog grows from about 7 MB to over 70 MB. Virtual memory > increases at about 25% of the growth of real memory. > > In time the amount of free memory will drop to almost nothing. I can > kill the WebCatalog process from Terminal or the Activity Monitor and > the memory allocation return to the initial values, then begins > growing again. When monitoring the memory, using Activity Monitor, > you can see the real memory for WebCatalog go up and down in small > ( 1 or 2 MB) junks but the trend is always upward over time. > > I noticed a huge number of page faults when looking at the statistics > window with pretty rapid increases every couple of seconds. > > While we get an increase in concurrent users to maybe 20 - 50, it is > mostly less than 10. > > We have 1 GB of installed RAM on a MAC G4. > > About a year ago we updated with the 6.0a patch, which seemed to > resolve the problem until last night. > > Anyone experience similar problems and find a solution? > > Thanks. > > Bob Mosebar > HCO, LLC > 360 807-1100 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: memory leaks ( Clint Davis 2005)
  2. memory leaks ( Robert Mosebar 2005)
If you haven't already done so, I would direct this question to the WebStar list as well. We had numerous problems with WebStar 5 before switching to Apache about 2 years ago. On 11/9/05 5:08 PM, "Robert Mosebar" wrote: > Last night our election management system (OS X 10.3.9) running the > latest versions of WebStar and WebDNA started gradually loosing free > memory over time. Even today with very little traffic, we can see the > amount of real and virtual memory allocated for WebCatalog continue > to grow as free memory declines. > > Over a period of a half hour, the amount of real memory assigned to > WebCatalog grows from about 7 MB to over 70 MB. Virtual memory > increases at about 25% of the growth of real memory. > > In time the amount of free memory will drop to almost nothing. I can > kill the WebCatalog process from Terminal or the Activity Monitor and > the memory allocation return to the initial values, then begins > growing again. When monitoring the memory, using Activity Monitor, > you can see the real memory for WebCatalog go up and down in small > ( 1 or 2 MB) junks but the trend is always upward over time. > > I noticed a huge number of page faults when looking at the statistics > window with pretty rapid increases every couple of seconds. > > While we get an increase in concurrent users to maybe 20 - 50, it is > mostly less than 10. > > We have 1 GB of installed RAM on a MAC G4. > > About a year ago we updated with the 6.0a patch, which seemed to > resolve the problem until last night. > > Anyone experience similar problems and find a solution? > > Thanks. > > Bob Mosebar > HCO, LLC > 360 807-1100 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Clint Davis

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