On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:17 AM, <dar...@darrenwhitlen.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Memory graphs (memory shown in MB): > http://i.imgur.com/gMwYSWS.png > http://i.imgur.com/gLF5NNr.png > > Node version: 0.10.15 (same issue applies on 0.8.*, 0.10.15 and under) > > I've been trying to tackle a serious memory issue for my web application, > https://kiwiirc.com/ > The project consists of mainly incoming SSL connections via socket.io and > lots of outgoing TCP (plaintext/TLS) connections. > > I have been running a test server with a % of live traffic heading to it to > produce the memory graphs given above. > The heap does not have a significant rise and the GC does bring it down as > evident in the graph. > However, the RSS memory usage has clearly gone out of control. Eventually it > starts swapping on the system until the process is killed due to memory > usage. > > What can I do to debug this RSS memory issue? Are there any known issues > that would cause this? > > Darren
If V8 heap memory usage is mostly flat but RSS keeps growing, you might want to trot out massif[1] and massif-visualizer[2]. Massif is a precise C/C++ heap profiler. It's one downside is that it massively (pun unintended) slows down your application. [1] http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/ms-manual.html [2] https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/sdk/massif-visualizer -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
