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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Jerry Malcolm <te...@malcolms.com> on 2017/08/23 16:29:43 UTC
Refreshing webapps slows server
I have a very weird situation. I have a staging server and a
production server running on the same instance of TC (8.0). When I'm
doing development and testing on the staging server, I'm often replacing
jar files and JSPs in the various webapps running on the staging server
(I don't reupload full WAR files each time... just incremental jar/jsp
changes). TC recognizes the updated jar files and reloads. Both
production and development sites continue to function (including using
the new updated jars, etc). But over time, Tomcat starts getting slower
and slower in response time, sometimes hitting an OutofMemory error.
Response time on a request goes from milliseconds to 20+ seconds.
Bouncing TC fixes everything.
This is somewhat circumstantial. But TC will run fine for days and
never hits OutofMemory situations. But as soon as I start replacing
webapp jar files, things start going bad. So it appears that the issue
is caused by replacing jar files.
Is this a recognized situation? I don't want to have to bounce the
production site every time I refresh the staging code. But I need to
test updates on the staging site on the same server. Are there
alternatives to keep this slowdown from occurring? Suggestions?
Thx.
Jerry
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Re: Refreshing webapps slows server
Posted by Mark Eggers <it...@yahoo.com.INVALID>.
Jerry,
On 8/23/2017 9:29 AM, Jerry Malcolm wrote:
> I have a very weird situation. I have a staging server and a
> production server running on the same instance of TC (8.0). When I'm
> doing development and testing on the staging server, I'm often replacing
> jar files and JSPs in the various webapps running on the staging server
> (I don't reupload full WAR files each time... just incremental jar/jsp
> changes). TC recognizes the updated jar files and reloads. Both
> production and development sites continue to function (including using
> the new updated jars, etc). But over time, Tomcat starts getting slower
> and slower in response time, sometimes hitting an OutofMemory error.
> Response time on a request goes from milliseconds to 20+ seconds.
> Bouncing TC fixes everything.
>
> This is somewhat circumstantial. But TC will run fine for days and
> never hits OutofMemory situations. But as soon as I start replacing
> webapp jar files, things start going bad. So it appears that the issue
> is caused by replacing jar files.
>
> Is this a recognized situation? I don't want to have to bounce the
> production site every time I refresh the staging code. But I need to
> test updates on the staging site on the same server. Are there
> alternatives to keep this slowdown from occurring? Suggestions?
>
> Thx.
>
> Jerry
What version of Java are you running? What type of out of memory error
are you getting?
I don't know how big your WAR files are, so the following may not be an
option.
1. Use versioned WAR files
2. Use sessions in your application with reasonable session-timeout
3. Configure server.xml for undeployOldVersions
See the following:
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/host.html#Common_Attributes
https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/context.html#Parallel_deployment
. . . just my two cents
/mde/
Re: Refreshing webapps slows server
Posted by Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>.
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Suvendu,
On 8/23/17 3:09 PM, Suvendu Sekhar Mondal wrote:
>> On Aug 23, 2017 11:40 PM, "Caldarale, Charles R"
>> <Ch...@unisys.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Jerry Malcolm [mailto:techstuff@malcolms.com] Subject:
>>> Refreshing webapps slows server
>>
>>> I have a very weird situation.
>>
>> Actually, it's fairly common.
>>
>>> This is somewhat circumstantial. But TC will run fine for days
>>> and never hits OutofMemory situations. But as soon as I start
>>> replacing webapp jar files, things start going bad. So it
>>> appears that the issue is caused by replacing jar files.
>>
>> This sounds like a classic case of retaining references to now
>> obsolete classes or instances thereof. Take a look at the Wiki:
>> https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Memory especially, the link to
>> "classloaders are not being garbage collected" and these:
>> https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/OutOfMemory
>> https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/MemoryLeakProtection
>>
>> - Chuck
>
> I agree with Chuck.
>
> Jerry, In this type of situation, if I were you, I would have tried
> to found the root cause of OutOfMemory and fix it. Because if you
> are using same method to apply your new code to the production
> server and if this problem remains, there is high chance your prod
> server will also suffer from OutOfMemory - sooner or later. I will
> suggest you to examine those heap dumps using your favourite tool.
> I am pretty sure you will get solid clue to solve this problem.
https://people.apache.org/~markt/presentations/2010-11-04-Memory-Leaks-6
0mins.pdf
- -chris
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RE: Refreshing webapps slows server
Posted by Suvendu Sekhar Mondal <su...@gmail.com>.
On Aug 23, 2017 11:40 PM, "Caldarale, Charles R" <Ch...@unisys.com>
wrote:
> From: Jerry Malcolm [mailto:techstuff@malcolms.com]
> Subject: Refreshing webapps slows server
> I have a very weird situation.
Actually, it's fairly common.
> This is somewhat circumstantial. But TC will run fine for days and
> never hits OutofMemory situations. But as soon as I start replacing
> webapp jar files, things start going bad. So it appears that the issue
> is caused by replacing jar files.
This sounds like a classic case of retaining references to now obsolete
classes or instances thereof. Take a look at the Wiki:
https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Memory
especially, the link to "classloaders are not being garbage collected" and
these:
https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/OutOfMemory
https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/MemoryLeakProtection
- Chuck
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I agree with Chuck.
Jerry,
In this type of situation, if I were you, I would have tried to found the
root cause of OutOfMemory and fix it. Because if you are using same method
to apply your new code to the production server and if this problem
remains, there is high chance your prod server will also suffer from
OutOfMemory
- sooner or later. I will suggest you to examine those heap dumps using
your favourite tool. I am pretty sure you will get solid clue to solve this
problem.
Thanks!
Suvendu
RE: Refreshing webapps slows server
Posted by "Caldarale, Charles R" <Ch...@unisys.com>.
> From: Jerry Malcolm [mailto:techstuff@malcolms.com]
> Subject: Refreshing webapps slows server
> I have a very weird situation.
Actually, it's fairly common.
> This is somewhat circumstantial. But TC will run fine for days and
> never hits OutofMemory situations. But as soon as I start replacing
> webapp jar files, things start going bad. So it appears that the issue
> is caused by replacing jar files.
This sounds like a classic case of retaining references to now obsolete
classes or instances thereof. Take a look at the Wiki:
https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Memory
especially, the link to "classloaders are not being garbage collected" and
these:
https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/OutOfMemory
https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/MemoryLeakProtection
- Chuck
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