Mercurial > hg > orthanc
changeset 5157:874e6b135614
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author | Alain Mazy <am@osimis.io> |
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date | Thu, 02 Feb 2023 09:40:48 +0100 |
parents | 2020c2e479d3 |
children | 02cfd23a556a |
files | OrthancServer/Resources/ImplementationNotes/memory_consumption.txt |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/OrthancServer/Resources/ImplementationNotes/memory_consumption.txt Thu Feb 02 09:34:38 2023 +0100 +++ b/OrthancServer/Resources/ImplementationNotes/memory_consumption.txt Thu Feb 02 09:40:48 2023 +0100 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ `mem_limit: 400m`) 5 large studies are uploaded to each instance of Orthanc (around 1GB in total). Each study is anonymized manually, one by one and then, we repeat the operation. -We compare the memory used by the containers after 2 minutes of execution +We compare the memory used by the containers after each anonymization (using `docker stats`): # study without malloc_trim with_malloc_trim @@ -69,15 +69,21 @@ Conclusion: ---------- -The use of malloc_trim does not guarantee that Orthanc will never reach a +The use of malloc_trim reduces the overall memory consumption of Orthanc +and avoids some of the out-of-memory situations. + +However, it does not guarantee that Orthanc will never reach a out-of-memory error, especially on very constrained systems. + Depending on the allocation pattern, the Orthanc memory can get -very fragmented and increase since malloc_trim only releases memory +very fragmented and increase regularly since malloc_trim only releases memory at the end of each of malloc arena. However, note that, even long before the introduction of malloc_trim, we have observed Orthanc instances running for years without ever reaching out-of-memory errors and Orthanc is usually considered as very stable. +Moreover, before each release, Orthanc integration tests are run against Valgrind +and no memory leaks have been identified. malloc_trim documentation