Re: RDP 8.5.1 Memory Usage Jumps Up! --> restart RDP to reclaim Memory

8,500 lines? I've got programs that would eat that as a snack!

The memory issue is known to IBM and I know they are working to address it. I recently had a crash with RDP and was able to send them some dump files to aid them. Hopefully this will be addressed soon, but in the meantime, turn on the heap status and when you see it turn red the first time, you should stop what you're doing, save what you're working on, and stop/restart RDP. IBM would like to know if there is a specific action taken that "spikes" this memory usage and, for those with the heap status on that click on the trash can icon to reclaim heap garbage, do not see the amount of memory returning to previous levels.

-- Ken

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From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:49 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDP 8.5.1 Memory Usage Jumps Up! --> restart RDP to reclaim Memory

8500 lines? That's tiny!!

NOT!

Actually I have worked on much larger than that - did not seem to have
much trouble, but it was on an Intel i7 8-core with 8GB memory and 1TB
disk space.

Wish I still had that one - but am pretty happy with ThinkPad T61 with
newly-installed 750GB 7200-RPM WD black drive.

Vern

On 2/12/2013 9:25 AM, Ken Killian wrote:

Hi,

I am working on one of my largest programs, with approx. 8,479 lines. And my memory usage always seems to jump up.

Current, it shows 840M of 1024M on Heap-Size.

preferences>General>show heap status (Check-box = CHECKED)

I have to do a save after almost every-line change, it *seems* or my screen turns milky white.

Restarting RDP seems to temporarily clear it up, but after a little while, eventual it seems to shoot back up...

Anyway, a restart seems to clear up a lot of resources!

Glad that I can see the creep of memory. The last re-start of RDP, seems to have working for me. :)

PS. I have an Intel core i5 CPU with 8GB of memory on Windows-7 64-bit.

-Ken Killian-