I have _terrible_ performance problems with WebObjects 4.0 running on a Dell
Inspiron. I was the one who originally commented on the out of control
memory usage. If you keep PB open for > 12 hours, the WindowServer virtual
memory usage gets out of control. It's routinely over 200 MB on my machine.
I've noticed that running WOInfoCenter seems to be related to the memory
problems - if this is not running, it's usually a little bit better, but not
much.
I "only" have 96MB of memory (with 300 MB swap space). I've noticed that
people with >128MB RAM have few problems. I'm going to upgrade to 128 MB
(maybe 196MB). The release notes for WO4.0 should indicate that 128MB+ of
RAM is recommended.
On a related issue, even in situations where the virtual memory usage of
WindowServer+PB+WOInfoCenter is <100MB (I consider this a "good" day), my NT
machine seems VERY sluggish when switching between PB windows (or any
OpenStep windows for that matter).
There definitely is a problem somewhere, and I don't think it's related to
the setup of our machines (i.e. it's a problem in WO or WindowServer
somewhere). Please note that I am not implying that Apple is doing a bad
job. I am very impressed with WebObjects 4.0 and all the work everyone did
to get it out (almost) on time. I just think a few performance tweaks are
in order for the NT version.
- Eric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric S. Peyton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 7:05 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Window Server Sucking the life out of my machine
>
>
> Paul,
>
> I think that your estimates have to be wrong. Look at them
> again. I run
> Yellow Box on NT WO 4.0 all day every day on a toshiba laptop with no
> performance degradation, etc. I am currently runnign
> TextEdit, Project
> Builder, EOModeler, And Stickies and have the following memory notes
>
> Application Name Mem Usage
> ProjectBuilder 9944 K
> EOModeler 9712 K
> Window Server 5596 K
> projectServer 4168 K
> Stickies 3704 K
>
> After that is all the window crap. I also currently have
> Photoshop and
> Explorer and MS Project and MS Word open on my machine.
> Granted I have
> 192 M RAM so that I can do this, adn this machine has not
> been rebooted
> since 5 PM yesterday.
>
> Eric
>
> On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Paul R. Summermatter wrote:
>
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > A little while back, someone else posted about big
> problems with a
> > ballooning memory footprint for the WindowServer under YB
> NT. I just started
> > running the YB NT that comes with the WOF 4.0 distribution
> and was very
> > disturbed to find that not only is this true, but it's
> absurdly true. My
> > window server, after having run only PB and TextEdit, is
> consuming over 40 MB
> > of memory. Under 3.51, I don't recall ever seeing the
> window server get
> > over 4-5 MB. I don't know how we can release our app if
> this isn't solved.
> > I realize that the window server is disappearing in Mac OS
> X, but what can we
> > do until then? Is this something that is being worked on,
> or has the price
> > of our product just jumped by the cost of an extra 64 MB
> ram for each
> > machine? Any thoughts would be welcome.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul
> >
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