[ZODB-Dev] ZEO client leaking memory?

[Toby Dickenson]

> > I meant memory bloat; FileStorage stores an in-memory index 
> of all objects
> > which grows *very* quickly. 
> 
> Indeed. I can chew through 1GB RAM withotu even trying :-S
> 
> Would BerkleyStorage solve this one?

yes
 
> > That bloat occurs in the ZEO server, not
> > clients.
> 
> Hmmm, I'm guessing the clients cache objects as well, on the 
> filesystem too,
> IIRC, I wonder if this code chews through RAM at the same 
> rate? My experience
> would seem to suggest so :-S

at a similar rate yes; it also uses a python dictionary to map oid to seek
position. However it reaches a hard upper limit because the ZEO client only
caches a limited number of objects. Filestorage's memory usage keeps on
growing.