Which Image processor are you using for attachment_fu? If you're using RMagick, it is notorious for memory leaks. Look at mini_magick or ImageScience as a replacement.
== Will Green Kirk Haines wrote: > On 11/5/07, Thomas Balthazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks for your answer. >> I'm using ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i486-linux]. >> The Rails app uses those plugins : >> * acts_as_taggable_on_steroids >> * attachment_fu >> * exception_notification >> * localization >> >> >> Which kink of issues with my code could use that much memory? >> If I load lots of records with Active Records, aren't they "unloaded" at >> some times? > > Does your code or any of those pluginx use Array#shift? There was a > bug with Array#shift which still existed in 1.8.5 which basically left > stuff inside the array data structure after a shift, so that those > things didn't get GCd when they should have. It's a sneaky bug that > can easily eat a lot of memory. > > Otherwise, can you start a test instance of your application, and then > test it to see if there are certain actions which cause the memory > growth. That would help you pinpoint where the likely problems are. > Just use ab or httperf to send a large number of requests to specific > urls in your app, and see how ram usage changes as you do that. > > > Kirk Haines > _______________________________________________ > Mongrel-users mailing list > Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
