Dispose is just one type of decomission.  There are other that get added
dynamically by facilities which need to be applied when components are
released.  I think this behavior is important by default

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Ayende Rahien <[email protected]> wrote:

> It seems that a lot of people are surprised by this behavior, I think it
> would be wiser to no track components by default.Thoughts?
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:54 AM, kurtharriger <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't understand why this isn't the default setting either.  IMHO,
>> Transient objects should not be tracked by default.
>>
>> As many several have noticed the issues arising tracking transient
>> objects for dispose is greater then the risk of not calling dispose at
>> all (and unless the object holds unmanaged resources, dispose is not
>> all that necessary anyway).  A disposable component that *must be
>> disposed* should also implement a finalizer and that doesn't change by
>> using a container since there is no guarantee dispose will be called
>> on container either. Since release accepts the object to dispose as a
>> parameter there isn't any reason to track it, if object is not tracked
>> then assume it is transient and call dispose if implemented.
>>
>> - Kurt
>>
>>
>> On Mar 3, 4:57 pm, Andrew Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Yea, I was worried about negative effects of this also. You don't get
>> > something for nothing, right? The only mention I've seen so far is a
>> comment
>> > from hammett in the another post to this group ("ViewComponent memory
>> > leak"):
>> >
>> > "The side effects is that you might have disposable components that are
>> > not being disposed by the container"
>> >
>> > In my case I know I don't have any disposable components involved, so
>> after
>> > some proper testing, I'll be applying the 'fix' to my server
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Stefan Sedich <[email protected]
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > Excellent glad I could help. But I would look into releasing your
>> > > objects properly, not sure maybe someone can comment on negative
>> > > impacts of using NoTrack policy.
>> >
>> > > Cheers
>> >
>> > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Andrew Smith <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > > > just changed the policy and re-ran a local stress test. Immediate
>> > > > improvement. Previous test ended with memory usage of ~200MB, this
>> time
>> > > > round 70MB
>> > > > thanks again!
>> >
>> > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Stefan Sedich <
>> [email protected]>
>> > > > wrote:
>> >
>> > > >> No problems,
>> >
>> > > >> Something that caught me too, I knew a few people that were not
>> aware
>> > > >> and they had never stress tested their apps or realised it was
>> > > >> resetting (dangerous). I am glad I profile my stuff before putting
>> it
>> > > >> anywhere near production. I guess releasing is the way proper way
>> to
>> > > >> handle things, but I have been naughty and just used NoTracking.
>> >
>> > > >> Cheers
>> >
>> > > >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Andrew Smith <
>> [email protected]>
>> > > >> wrote:
>> > > >> > Hi Stefan,
>> > > >> >  you know as soon as I posted that, of course I came across
>> details on
>> > > >> > this
>> > > >> > issue. In fact your very blog post. In all the time I've used
>> castle,
>> > > I
>> > > >> > never realised I was expected to explicitly release a transient
>> > > >> > component.
>> > > >> > By the sounds of it, I'm sure that will be the cause as I'm using
>> > > >> > windsor
>> > > >> > integration heavily and can easily repro the issue with a local
>> stress
>> > > >> > test.
>> > > >> >  Thanks for the info
>> > > >> > Cheers,
>> > > >> > Andrew
>> >
>> > > >> > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Stefan Sedich <
>> > > [email protected]>
>> > > >> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > >> >> Andrew,
>> >
>> > > >> >> I have built a few simmilar sounding shop fronts, with medium
>> load
>> > > and
>> > > >> >> have not had issues with memory leaks with the app pools running
>> > > solid
>> > > >> >> until their nightly reset.
>> >
>> > > >> >> If you hit your site with a web stress testing tool do you see
>> the
>> > > >> >> memory continue to climb until app pool reset? If this is the
>> case it
>> > > >> >> is possible you have a memory leak.
>> >
>> > > >> >> I would suggest getting a tool like ANTS profiler to see if you
>> can
>> > > >> >> track down any memory leaks in your application and then go from
>> > > >> >> there. I would say from what I have seen in my apps ~200MB seems
>> > > >> >> reasonable depending on what it is doing.
>> >
>> > > >> >> In my last project I had similar issues you describe. In my case
>> I
>> > > was
>> > > >> >> using Windsor and not releasing my components from the container
>> when
>> > > >> >> I was done with them. In my case I decided to not release my
>> objects
>> > > >> >> and use the NoTrackingReleasePolicy instead, as this was fine
>> for my
>> > > >> >> needs and removed the leak that I had.
>> >
>> > > >> >> I have blogged about this here:
>> >
>> > >http://weblogs.asp.net/stefansedich/archive/2008/11/05/avoid-memory-l.
>> ..
>> >
>> > > >> >> Cheers
>> > > >> >> Stefan
>> >
>> > > >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Andrew <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > >> >> > I've just launched an e-commerce website based on Monorail and
>> > > using
>> > > >> >> > ActiveRecord. It's a replacement of a previous PHP solution
>> and we
>> > > >> >> > have on average about 20 - 30 concurrent users at any given
>> time.
>> > > I'm
>> > > >> >> > also running an admin site in the same application pool.
>> >
>> > > >> >> >  My issue is to do with memory usage. I'm running on a 1GB VPS
>> box
>> > > >> >> > (also hosting a SQL Server DB on same machine). I've limited
>> SQL
>> > > >> >> > Server to 200MB and my IIS6 worker process to 400MB. However,
>> even
>> > > >> >> > pre-
>> > > >> >> > release when testing with 1 or 2 users the memory usage would
>> > > easily
>> > > >> >> > sit around the 300MB mark. Now with the real load, I'm seeing
>> the
>> > > >> >> > application pool recycle approx every 40 mins (normally should
>> only
>> > > >> >> > recycle at 3am). I'm using the ASP.Net state service so
>> session
>> > > >> >> > details are preserved but still, I'm concerned
>> >
>> > > >> >> >  As I said, it's an e-commerce site so there's the usual shop
>> > > stuff:
>> > > >> >> > lots of nice pics, searches, checkout and a bit of 2nd level
>> > > caching
>> > > >> >> > for things such as categories (max 200 categories), countries,
>> > > rates
>> > > >> >> > etc. Really not that much is cached and mem usage was high
>> before
>> > > we
>> > > >> >> > fully optimised the site. I've been careful to have the SQL
>> > > profiler
>> > > >> >> > beside me as we were testing the app, so I'm confident that I
>> don't
>> > > >> >> > have N+1s all over the place. Oh, and I'm using standard
>> > > session-per-
>> > > >> >> > request model using Ayende's UOW stuff
>> >
>> > > >> >> >  I guess what I'm asking is: Is that level of memory usage
>> expected
>> > > >> >> > for that type of site? I would love to hear back from anyone
>> who
>> > > has
>> > > >> >> > launched a similar type of site.
>> >
>> > > >> >> >  I did see a previous post about this, but they are talking
>> around
>> > > >> >> > the
>> > > >> >> > 200MB mark, so I'm wondering what on earth I'm doing wrong!
>> >
>> > > >> >> > There is the option of shelling out more cash and go to a 2GB
>> VPS
>> > > >> >> > box,
>> > > >> >> > but I'd rather not have to....
>> >
>> > > >> >> > cheers
>> >
>> > > >> >> --
>> > > >> >> Stefan Sedich
>> > > >> >> Software Developer
>> > > >> >>http://weblogs.asp.net/stefansedich
>> >
>> > > >> --
>> > > >> Stefan Sedich
>> > > >> Software Developer
>> > > >>http://weblogs.asp.net/stefansedich
>> >
>> > > --
>> > > Stefan Sedich
>> > > Software Developer
>> > >http://weblogs.asp.net/stefansedich
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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