I have MUCH better results with MINA 2.0.0 M2, but after a short while all 
clients/bots disconnect with:

An error occurred : null
org.apache.mina.core.write.WriteTimeoutException

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks,
Gerrit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerrit Grobbelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday 26 July 2008 14:14
> To: [email protected]
> CC: 
> Subject: Re: byte[] usage - not GCd
>
>
> MINA 1.1.4 performs even better than 1.1.5.
>
> I still believe I'm doing something wrong in my code though, as I read only
> good things about MINA in the reviews, but for me it just seems to crumble
> underneath heavy load, the buffers not clearing quickly enough to be GCd.
>
> ==============>
> MINA 1.1.4 - 30 bots
> 1. 30 bots - each sending one message every 2 seconds
>   1.1.  after 10 minutes
>     1.1.1.  Heap size -  7MB
>       1.1.2.  byte[] allocation:
>         1.1.2.1.  no. of objects - 3,791:
>         1.1.2.2.  shallow size - 996,320
>   1.2.  after killing 30 bots
>     1.2.1.  Heap size -  2,7MB
>       1.2.2.  byte[] allocation:
>         1.2.2.1.  no. of objects - 3,051:
>         1.2.2.2.  shallow size - 659,344
> <==============
>
> ==============>
> MINA 1.1.4 - 100 bots
> 2. 100 bots - each sending one message every 2 seconds
>   2.1.  after 2 minutes
>     2.1.1.  Heap size - 329MB - JVM unresponsive
>       2.1.2.  byte[] allocation:
>         2.1.2.1.  no. of objects - 423,512:
>         2.1.2.2.  shallow size - 201,053,744
>
>   2.2.  after killing 100 bots
>     2.2.1.  no effect - JVM unresponsive
>
> Interesting part:  after about 1 minute this time, the server starts
> spewing out logs again, seems to have some action on the buffers again,
> processing messages still sent a while back, obviously printing out that
> the session are closed already.  Very soon all bots disconnected, freeing
> up all the heap mem again.
> <=============
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gerrit Grobbelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday 26 July 2008 12:03
> > To: [email protected]
> > CC:
> > Subject: Re: byte[] usage - not GCd
> >
> >
> > Some more test results (I definitely have better results with MINA 1.1.5,
> > but still not ideal under load).  Seeing that I get different, and
> > somewhat better, result with an older version, I'm going to try even
> > older versions than 1.1.5 now.
> >
> > In the meantime:  howcome these different results though, and why will
> > 1.1.5 perform better with Buffer (byte[]) handling/allocations/flushing
> > than 1.1.6 and 1.1.7?  Could be that I'm definitely doing something wrong
> > with my MINA integration, but then I should get consistent bad
> > performances across all versions?
> >
> > MINA 1.1.5 results as follows:
> >
> > ==============>
> > MINA 1.1.5 - 30 bots
> > 1. 30 bots - each sending one message every 2 seconds
> >   1.1.  after 10 minutes
> >     1.1.1.  Heap size -  20MB
> >       1.1.2.  byte[] allocation:
> >         1.1.2.1.  no. of objects - 12,104:
> >         1.1.2.2.  shallow size - 4,207,440
> >   1.2.  after killing 30 bots
> >     1.2.1.  Heap size -  1,5MB
> >       1.2.2.  byte[] allocation:
> >         1.2.2.1.  no. of objects - 3,794:
> >         1.2.2.2.  shallow size - 722,696
> > <==============
> >
> > ==============>
> > MINA 1.1.5 - 100 bots
> > 2. 100 bots - each sending one message every 2 seconds
> >   2.1.  after 3 minutes
> >     2.1.1.  Heap size -  374MB
> >       2.1.2.  byte[] allocation:
> >         2.1.2.1.  no. of objects - 455,736:
> >         2.1.2.2.  shallow size - 216,055,400
> >
> >   2.2.  after killing 30 bots
> >     2.2.1.  no effect - JVM unresponsive
> >
> > Interesting part:  after about 2 - 3 minutes, the server starts spewing
> > out logs again, seems to have some action on the buffers again,
> > processing messages still sent a while back, obviously printing out that
> > the session are closed already.  Only after about 5 minutes it is
> > starting to detect the client disconnections.  And then hangs again,
> > after disconnecting only 14 of the 100 bots.  There it continues again,
> > still trying to send chat messages that was still in the buffers.  Now
> > detected 40 disconnections after another 2 minutes.  Do note, Heap mem
> > down to 40MB from 374MB.  There we go: all disconnected now, perform GC,
> > 2MB heap used.
> >
> > What could I be doing wrong that it seems that these buffers do not flush
> > quickly enough, getting bogged down with the data?
> > <=============
> >
> > ==============>
> > MINA 1.1.5 - 100 bots
> > 2. 100 bots - each sending one message every 5 minutes, and flash client
> > sending message every 1 - 3 seconds
> >   2.1.  after 10minutes
> >     2.1.1.  Heap size -  165MB
> >       2.1.2.  byte[] allocation:
> >         2.1.2.1.  no. of objects - 180,352
> >         2.1.2.2.  shallow size - 103,458,904
> >
> >   1.2.  after killing 100 bots
> >     1.2.1.  Heap size -  1,5MB
> >       1.2.2.  byte[] allocation:
> >         1.2.2.1.  no. of objects - 3,890:
> >         1.2.2.2.  shallow size - 792,536
> > <=============
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gerrit Grobbelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Saturday 26 July 2008 10:32
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > CC:
> > > Subject: Re: byte[] usage - not GCd
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, 1.1.7 but 1.1.6 as well.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Saturday 26 July 2008 10:20
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > CC:
> > > > Subject: Re: byte[] usage - not GCd
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > MINA 1.1.7 ?
> > > >
> > > > Gerrit Grobbelaar wrote:
> > > > > YourKit shows the Class list as follows:
> > > > > - java.nio.HeapByteBuffer
> > > > >  -
> > > > > org.apache.mina.common.SimpleByteBufferAllocator$SimpleByteBuffer -
> > > > > org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolCodecFilter$HiddenByteBuffer -
> > > > > org.apache.mina.common.IoFilter$WriteRequest
> > > > >     - java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue$Node
> > > > >
> > > > > Note the above contributes 99%+ for the byte[] allocations, and the
> > > > > byte[] allocations are causing the OOM.
> > > > >
> > > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > > >> From: Gerrit Grobbelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > >> Sent: Saturday 26 July 2008 09:48
> > > > >> To: [email protected]
> > > > >> CC:
> > > > >> Subject: Re: byte[] usage - not GCd
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Another symptom:
> > > > >>  - 100 Java client bots connected, sending NO messages.
> > > > >>  - 1 Flash client, typing in a message every 2 seconds
> > > > >>  - memory consumption (byte[] allocations) increases and a Mark
> > > > >> Sweep with JConsole doesn't do anything (stays on 100s of MBs).
> > > > >>  - kill off all bots
> > > > >>  - Mark sweep
> > > > >>  - Heap mem usage drops to about 2 - 5MB
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > > > >>> From: Gerrit Grobbelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > >>> Sent: Saturday 26 July 2008 09:33
> > > > >>> To: [email protected]
> > > > >>> CC:
> > > > >>> Subject: byte[] usage - not GCd
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Hi,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I'm having an issue with OOM - here is my story:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Criteria:
> > > > >>> --------
> > > > >>>  - concurrent clients connecting to a chatserver, need to
> > > > >>> broadcast the messages
> > > > >>>  - clients keep same connection (each one having its own
> > > > >>> IoSession during lifetime)
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Symptoms:
> > > > >>> --------
> > > > >>>  - massive amounts of byte[] allocations that just grows and
> > > > >>> grows, until OOM. - still OOM even if i have 100 bots connected,
> > > > >>> sending one message each every 5 minutes
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> When I have 1 - 5 clients connected (all simulated with bots)
> > > > >>> that send one message per bot every 2 - 5 seconds, heap space
> > > > >>> stays under control with GC.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Configs/Tools:
> > > > >>> -------------
> > > > >>>  - JVM:  1.6u7
> > > > >>>  - VM arguments:  -Xms128m -Xmx384m
> > > > >>>  - Operating System:  Linux 2.6.15.7
> > > > >>>  - Architecture:  i386
> > > > >>>  - Number of processors:  2
> > > > >>>  - Model:  Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
> > > > >>>  - Committed virtual memory:  681,564 kbytes
> > > > >>>  - Heap buffer allocation (Direct is very insufficient)
> > > > >>>  - SimpleByteBufferAllocator (do note I have same result with
> > > > >>> PooledByteBufferAllocator)
> > > > >>>  - YourKit and JProfiler
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Both YourKit and JProfiler point fingers at:
> > > > >>> byte[] allocation due to org.apache.mina.common.IoSession.write()
> > > > >>> calls
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> What could I possibly be doing wrong that I will have the above
> > > > >>> scenario where the byte[] allocations never GC properly?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Thanks,
> > > > >>> Gerrit

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