The big problem is that the memory is never returned to the system. The
Apache process holds on to it until it dies.
Brian Moon
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Look for my presentation at ApacheCon 2001.
"Caching Dynamic Web Content to Increase Dependability and Performance"
http://www.apachecon.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andi Gutmans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #8889 Updated: Memory is not being freed.
> 14MB of memory in use isn't necessarily that much. Some of that memory
> might be in shared libraries (shared across the Apache processes). Are you
> doing any big SQL queries in those scripts?
> Do you have time to do some tests and let us know if things improve?
>
> Andi
>
> At 06:31 PM 4/30/2001 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >ID: 8889
> >User Update by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Status: Open
> >Bug Type: Performance problem
> >Description: Memory is not being freed.
> >
> >I am talking about nearly endless amounts. I saw Apache processes with
as
> >much as 14MB of memory in use.
> >
> >Brian.
> >
> >Previous Comments:
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> >[2001-04-29 19:59:56] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >What kind of sizes are we talking about here? the Zend memory manager
> >holds a memory cache, but we're talking at around 1MB per process max.
> >
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> >[2001-01-26 18:45:45] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Ok, this is just like what is described in
> >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=97923602322593&w=2 which
> >contains a hacked up solution. It looks like it should be able to turn
> >into a usable end solution.
> >
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> >[2001-01-24 13:21:13] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Hi guys,
> >
> >I do not have much information. I know that my Apache processes memory
is
> >growing by the minute. If I start a separate server on another port and
> >serve only static pages and files through it, those process do not grow.
> >
> >I have tried what I remembered of gdb but have not come up with
> >anything. I know I need to attach to a process and it seems I can `gdb
> >{pid}` but that gives me nothing. How can I get some info for you
> >guys? I do have --enable-debug.
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >Brian.
> >Phorum.org
> >
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> >
> >Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8889
> >
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