[Zope] Zope process keeps consuming memory...

[Svante Kleist]

        I've noticed similar behavior after installing
        WorldPilot. Things worked just fine for a while,¨
        but then none of the mailboxes were available;
        and one of the zope processes started to grow wildly.

        / Svante Kleist, NEMESIS systemDesign - Stockholm


-- Tony McDonald <tony.mcdonald@ncl.ac.uk> wrote:

: Hi,
: I have a Zope process that is currently using rather a large amount of
: memory.
: 
: Here's a dump of the relevant line from 'top';
: 
: load averages:  0.01,  0.39,  0.57 
: 13:14:44
: 273 processes: 269 sleeping, 3 zombie, 1 on cpu
: CPU states: 97.0% idle,  0.2% user,  0.4% kernel,  2.4% iowait,  0.0% swap
: Memory: 512M real, 38M free, 610M swap in use, 686M swap free
: 
:     PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE  SIZE   RES STATE   TIME    CPU COMMAND
: 14190 nnle       9  33    0  193M  191M sleep  23:51  0.00% python
: 
: This is from a database that is 9 Megs in size.
: 
: Basically, does Zope have a memory leak or something that can cause 
: this to happen?
: What can I do to find out if this is the case?
: What can I do about it?
: 
: Zope 2.1.3, source distribution under Solaris 5.6
: 
: any thoughts are appreciated,
: tone.
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