Do you have code that calls ApplicationStop() on error or something I wonder if that might cause the application scoped mappings to be undefined for a split second while the application is reloading? Just a guess.
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Brook Davies <cft...@logiforms.com> wrote: > > So we ran a load test last night with 100 concurrent users. Everything went > fine *except* this ram disk problem and another problem with a missing > template include. Looking at it closer, both errors "Could not find the > included template" used application mappings to do the include. > > These are defined in the application.cfc: > > <cfcomponent output="false" extends="coldfireApplication"> > > <cfset this.name = 'YourMama'> > <cfset this.mappings[ "/publicroot" ] = webroot & 'web\public\' /> > <cfset this.mappings[ "/ram" ] = "ram://" /> > > </cfcomponent> > > Cf 8.01 had a hotfix that was supposed to fix custom tag path mappings > acting up under load: > http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/529/cpsid_52915.html > > 73761 Fix for the error "Cannot find CFML template for custom tag" thrown > under load when using THIS.customtagpath in application.cfc and "enable per > app settings" is enabled. > > > But I am running CF 9.01 with all the hotfixes. BTW, I dumped the ram disk > after some failed includes and the file *did exist* on the ram disk. > > ------ > > I just did another load test this morning, however this time the load was > all done on a single application testing a form submission process (this is > where the include error was generated). No errors this time. The difference > between this test and the last test that generated lots of errors is that > this test did not run concurrent load on the other side of this application > which uses an application.cfc that extends the main application.cfc via > applicationProxy.cfc. Its a child application that shares the main > applications name and scope but also enables client variables and does some > other stuff (pseudo code below) > > <cfcomponent output="false" extends="ApplicationProxy"> > <cfset this.clientManagement = true> > <cfset this.setClientCookies = true> > <cfset this.setDomainCookies = true> > <cfset this.clientStorage = 'LF-CLIENTVARS'> > > <!--- NO MAPPINGS HERE LIKE IN THE MAIN APPLICATION.CFC. COULD THAT > BE THE PROBLEM?? ---> > > <cffunction name="onRequestStart" returnType="boolean" output="false"> > <cfargument name="thePage" type="string" required="true"> > <cfset super.onRequestStart(arguments.thePage)> > <cfreturn true> > </cffunction> > > </cfcomponent> > > ------- > > So my guess is that because it doesn't include the application mappings > that > it is somehow overwriting them when two requests run at the same time. > Strange I know, but thats the best I can figure. I am gonna run another > load test tomorrow night, and try adding the mappings into the child > application and see if that helps. > > > > Brook > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brook Davies [mailto:cft...@logiforms.com] > Sent: February-22-12 12:30 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: RE: Ram Disk problem under load > > > Hi Raymond, > > I don't see your reply actually... oh here it is in my junk > folder...grrrr... > > Tonight when the load test is running, I'll pause midway and swap in a real > file path and see how that runs. > > The only other thing I can think is that there is a name collision and the > file is deleted by another thread who was using the same filename. But the > filename variable IS var scoped (FYI, this IS inside an application scoped > CFC). > > Brook > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com] > Sent: February-22-12 11:38 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Ram Disk problem under load > > > Noticed you didn't reply to my idea... can you also ensure that it really > is > a VFS issue by simply switching to a real folder - just for testing? > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Brook Davies <cft...@logiforms.com> > wrote: > > > > Good idea, I'll check the contents of the ram disk after any failures... > > > > Brook > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pete Freitag [mailto:p...@foundeo.com] > > Sent: February-22-12 9:58 AM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: Ram Disk problem under load > > > > > > Hi Brook, > > > > Certainly you will want to have a try / catch around that, you could > > put the delete of the ram file in a <cffinally> tag to ensure it runs, > > otherwise if an error is thrown in the cfinclude the file never gets > > deleted and stays in ram. > > > > Also to answer your question about the garbage collection, I don't > > think that would be the issue, the garbage collector only removes > > objects that have a reference count of zero, I would assume that when > > you have a file on the ram disk ColdFusion maintains a reference to > > it, when you delete the file CF will delete the reference and allow the > GC > to cleanup. > > > > I don't think reducing the size of your ram disk will make the problem > > go away. > > > > What you might want to do is run this after you run your load test to > > see whats in there: > > > > <cfdirectory directory="ram://" action="list" recurse="true" > > name="dir"> <cfdump variable="#dir#"> > > > > -- > > Pete Freitag - Adobe Community Professional http://foundeo.com/ - > > ColdFusion Consulting & Products http://petefreitag.com/ - My Blog > > http://hackmycf.com > > - Is your ColdFusion Server Secure? > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Brook Davies <cft...@logiforms.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi Pete, > >> > >> I don't think its possible because the ram disk size is set to 500 > >> megs, and this was only 10 concurrent users! I have another test > >> with > >> 100 cuncurrent users running tonight and I guess we'll see what > >> happens though I am sure this is going to be an issue. I added a > >> try/catch around the write/read and am them attempting to do it > >> again, so I guess we'll see what happens. > >> > >> Maybe I should reduce the size allocated to the ram disk? > >> > >> Brook > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Pete Freitag [mailto:p...@foundeo.com] > >> Sent: February-22-12 9:35 AM > >> To: cf-talk > >> Subject: Re: Ram Disk problem under load > >> > >> > >> Another thing to consider is that the Ram disk has a size limit > >> specified in the ColdFusion administrator. Is it possible that the > >> write failed (perhaps > >> silently) because the ram disk was full. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Pete Freitag - Adobe Community Professional http://foundeo.com/ - > >> ColdFusion Consulting & Products http://petefreitag.com/ - My Blog > >> http://hackmycf.com > >> - Is your ColdFusion Server Secure? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:12 AM, Brook Davies <cft...@logiforms.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Hey everyone, > >> > > >> > Did some very light pre-load testing yesterday in preparation for a > >> > larger test tomorrow. This limited load threw some errors. I'm > >> > writing to the in memory file system some CFML code, that I then > >> > cfinclude to > >> execute it. > >> > Its > >> > pretty straight forward code, and this was under very little load > >> > (10 concurrent users only). > >> > > >> > Note: I have an application mapping for the ram disk in > application.cfc: > >> > > >> > <cfset this.mappings[ "/ram" ] = "ram://" /> > >> > > >> > And then in the problem code: > >> > > >> > --------------------------------- > >> > <!--- set the filename to a unique name ---> <cfset filename = > >> > 'wildcardparsing-#createUUID()#.cfm'> > >> > <!--- write the file ---> > >> > <cffile action="write" output="#cfml#" > >> > file="ram://#filename#"/> > >> > <!--- include and execute the cfml ---> > >> > <cfinclude template="/ram/#filename#" /> > >> > <!--- clean up ---> > >> > <cffile action="delete" file="ram://#filename#"/> > >> > > >> > --------------------------------- > >> > > >> > The error I got was: > >> > > >> > Could not find the included template > >> > /ram/wildcardparsing-66031760-EEDC-69FB-8F2EFEC77564096A.cfm. > >> > > >> > I got a similar error in another template on a different execution > >> > that uses similar code to generate the CFML for a CFDOCUMENT tag > >> > and then writes it to ram disk and includes. I have never seen this > >> > error in development it only started happening under a wee bit of > >> > load. What could be the problem? The In memory file system is set > >> > to > >> > 500 megs in the cfadmin (which is probably overkill..). Would a > >> > garbage collection before the include had been completed cause this > >> > to > > happen? > >> > > >> > Brook > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
