Issue #1395 has been updated by cricalix.
A data point that may help track down where the issue lies. We run puppetmaster in a VMware server 32-bit CentOS 5 VM, with 384 MB of memory allocated - tiny, but perfectly functional. We split puppetmaster into two (I'm the D. Hill referenced in the ticket description) - one handling file serving, the other handling manifest serving. The file serving puppetmaster holds steady at 54M VIRT, 39M RES. The manifest serving puppetmaster hold steady at 74M VIRT, 55M RES -until- storeconfigs is enabled, with a backing server of PostgreSQL 8.1.11 (provided in the base CentOS 5 installation). Once storeconfigs is enabled, the memory usage starts climbing, almost as if there's a leak. Once the VM starts swapping, we have no choice but to stop puppetmaster, wait a few minutes for the load to come back to a sensible level, and start puppetmaster again. Rinse, repeat. I've checked file handles with lsof, and the number seems to hold steady around 50 - 60 files, whether the memory usage is 50 MB or 350 MB. ---------------------------------------- Bug #1395: puppet memory usage http://reductivelabs.com/redmine/issues/show/1395 Author: immerda Status: Accepted Priority: Normal Assigned to: andrew Category: Target version: Keywords: Complexity: Unknown Patch: None Affected version: 0.24.4 In a recent discussion about using puppetd with xinetd ("main thread":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/50c94008469fc395/11687cd0a633f8f4 ) it came out that there is some investigation needed on puppetd's memory usage. Different people noticed that running puppetd is using a lot of footprint (links follow), while other noticed that it uses nearly none (links follow) Notices about high memory usage: VIRT/RES "141m/61m":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/75a8bb3b6652bae6 "127m/82m":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/a4a43d3edd585c03 64 bit "166m/83m":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/1825ed57ff84287f "183m/96m":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/ecf2cd36b6e1e3a6 version 0.24.4, 64 bit Notices about low memory usage: "nothing specific":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/aac9fade1b906bd9 version 0.24.4 "57m/46m":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/680b2b2760aa8890 version 0.23.1 Personally I can add another memory usage on a 32bit machine, which is rather low: 85m virt and 69m res, running 0.24.4 Luke then "noticed":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/573a76e32fba3eb0 that we should investigate on memory usage in the near future. Besides the memory consumption of puppetd, also the memory consumption of puppetmaster was discussed. There Duncan Hill noticed that splitting the fileserver off the the main puppetmaster "improved the situation heavily":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/a7083b931b5c4cda , however he "noticed":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/f68347fdb69b8496 that the manifest puppetmaster still consumes a lot of memory. There have been also "other reports about memory usage trashing the master and the client":http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/26aa8025de704cc4/1c9608f58360cdbb, however this might not be related. Quick Summary: We have seen different environments reporting a lot of memory usage. Most of them seem to be 64bit machines using 0.24.4. One report about low memory usage was a 0.23.1 version. Personal additional assumption: And for a first glance it looks like that 64bit machines double the memory consumption. (Take care of this assumption) ---------------------------------------- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://reductivelabs.com/redmine/my/account --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
