Val, thanks for pointing this out. I would actually not allocate any off-heap memory on the client side unless we see Local caches in the configuration. This is such a rare case, that we can ignore it altogether.
D. On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Valentin Kulichenko < valentin.kuliche...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, > > Currently do not create any regions or allocate any offheap memory on > client nodes unless it's explicitly configured. This is good behavior, > however there is a usability issue caused by the fact that many users have > the same config file for both server and clients. This can lead to > unexpected excessive memory usage on client side and forces users to > maintain two config files in most cases. > > At the same time, the only case when offheap memory can be required on a > client node is using LOCAL caches there, which is a very rare use case. > > Having said that, is it possible to allocate memory on client node > dynamically ONLY if a local cache is created there? This would fix the > usability issue without limiting the use of local caches on client side. > > -Val >
