aspnet_wp.exe

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What is an acceptable range for mem usage for this process? I am running
ASP.Net application with a sql backend that sources sales info. I have not
changed any of the default settings for machine.config. Also when should it
be releasing that memory?

Thanks in advance,
Conrad

 

[Karl Seguin [MVP]]

It's impossible to tell what's "acceptable" depends what you are doing.
Small sites should take as little as 20 megs..Large ones can take gigabytes.

Check the machine.config file in
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\config

and look for the processModel section. You'll see documentation above the
element that explains each value. Many of these attributes control memory
size and application recycling.

Karl

 

[Jim Cheshire]

It's impossible to tell what's "acceptable" depends what you are
doing. Small sites should take as little as 20 megs..Large ones can
take gigabytes.

As site that takes gigabytes of memory is going to encounter a lot of
problems quickly. Remember, the user-mode address space on a 32-bit machine
is 2GB.

Once you start encroaching on 800MB or so, you're likely to start seeing
problems such as OOM, etc. That's just a guideline. A better number is 60%
of available memory.

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Jim Cheshire
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[Karl Seguin [MVP]]

Running a site on a 64 bit os you have a lot more headroom

Karl

 

[Jim Cheshire]

Running a site on a 64 bit os you have a lot more headroom

True. As long as the OS is 64-bit AND you're running ASP.NET 2.0.

--
Jim Cheshire
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Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesche

Latest entry:
Getting the PID and TID of a COM Call

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dllhost process a COM call is executing
in and how to locate the thread as well.