I commented out the line import gluon.import_all
from web2py.py. This seemed to help a lot! I now have free memory, just a little, and the % memory used was halved. My little application runs fine, so far. top - 13:33:31 up 1 day, 3:32, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Tasks: 14 total, 1 running, 13 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.9%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 65536k total, 62432k used, 3104k free, 0k buffers Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1 root 15 0 1936 888 628 S 0 1.4 0:00.44 init 28126 syslog 18 0 1972 684 536 S 0 1.0 0:00.47 syslogd 28141 root 15 0 5372 1096 700 S 0 1.7 0:00.07 sshd 28151 root 15 0 2468 880 712 S 0 1.3 0:00.00 xinetd 28194 root 18 0 2168 924 740 S 0 1.4 0:00.17 cron 28246 root 15 0 8176 2808 2240 S 0 4.3 0:02.20 sshd 28309 root 15 0 2952 1672 1316 S 0 2.6 0:00.02 bash 7570 root 16 0 8176 2808 2240 S 0 4.3 0:00.40 sshd 13457 root 18 0 2944 1620 1272 S 0 2.5 0:00.00 bash 23943 root 15 0 3016 1512 1276 S 0 2.3 0:00.00 vi 8058 root 15 0 8176 2760 2220 S 0 4.2 0:00.12 sshd 8092 root 16 0 2940 1616 1272 S 0 2.5 0:00.00 bash 13786 root 15 0 2388 1108 908 R 0 1.7 0:00.02 top 14185 root 18 0 49096 12m 3820 S 0 19.5 0:00.32 python2.5 On Feb 11, 1:18 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > you just comment import import_all from main web2py should still work > but will choke later if an app requests a module that does not fit in > memory. Anyhow, modules do not take that much space. > > On Feb 11, 8:34 am, raven <ravenspo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > This sounds interesting. > > > Instead of hacking around in import_all.py, I wonder if someone who > > know what's what, could provide a stripped down version of this file - > > or even an option to run with a stripped down version that only loads > > the bare minimum? > > > On Feb 11, 8:49 am, Timothy Farrell <tfarr...@swgen.com> wrote: > > > > You might try commenting out the lines in import_all.py if you're > > > running the source version. That way it doesn't load every module. > > > > -tim > > > > On 2/10/2010 9:06 PM, raven wrote: > > > > > Here are the details of memory usage when web2py is NOT running > > > > > top - 21:58:38 up 11:57, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > > > Tasks: 10 total, 1 running, 9 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > > > > Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, > > > > 0.0%si, 0.0%st > > > > Mem: 65536k total, 13320k used, 52216k free, 0k > > > > buffers > > > > Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k > > > > cached > > > > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > > > > 1 root 15 0 1936 888 628 S 0 1.4 0:00.44 init > > > > 28126 syslog 15 0 1972 668 536 S 0 1.0 0:00.29 syslogd > > > > 28141 root 15 0 5372 1096 700 S 0 1.7 0:00.07 sshd > > > > 28151 root 15 0 2468 880 712 S 0 1.3 0:00.00 xinetd > > > > 28194 root 15 0 2168 924 740 S 0 1.4 0:00.08 cron > > > > 28246 root 15 0 8176 2808 2240 S 0 4.3 0:00.97 sshd > > > > 28309 root 18 0 2952 1672 1316 S 0 2.6 0:00.02 bash > > > > 32170 root 15 0 8172 2804 2240 S 0 4.3 0:01.62 sshd > > > > 32194 root 15 0 2944 1616 1272 S 0 2.5 0:00.00 bash > > > > 18279 root 15 0 2384 1104 908 R 0 1.7 0:00.17 top > > > > > Here web2py is running ( I have reduced the numthreads to 2 ) > > > > > r...@x:~# top > > > > top - 21:54:56 up 11:53, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > > > Tasks: 11 total, 1 running, 10 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > > > > Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, > > > > 0.0%si, 0.0%st > > > > Mem: 65536k total, 65536k used, 0k free, 0k > > > > buffers > > > > Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k > > > > cached > > > > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > > > > 1 root 15 0 1936 888 628 S 0 1.4 0:00.44 init > > > > 28126 syslog 15 0 1972 668 536 S 0 1.0 0:00.29 syslogd > > > > 28141 root 15 0 5372 1096 700 S 0 1.7 0:00.07 sshd > > > > 28151 root 15 0 2468 880 712 S 0 1.3 0:00.00 xinetd > > > > 28194 root 15 0 2168 924 740 S 0 1.4 0:00.08 cron > > > > 28246 root 15 0 8176 2808 2240 S 0 4.3 0:00.97 sshd > > > > 28309 root 15 0 2952 1672 1316 S 0 2.6 0:00.02 bash > > > > 32170 root 15 0 8172 2804 2240 S 0 4.3 0:01.62 sshd > > > > 32194 root 15 0 2944 1616 1272 S 0 2.5 0:00.00 bash > > > > 14172 root 18 0 63088 25m 4252 S 0 40.2 0:04.13 python2.5 > > > > 18279 root 15 0 2384 1104 908 R 0 1.7 0:00.16 top > > > > > On Feb 10, 8:13 pm, mdipierro<mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > >> Are you sure. Usually VPS includes the OS. > > > > >> On Feb 10, 2:23 pm, raven<ravenspo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > >>> Thank you for your answer. > > > > >>> 1. The memory needed by the OS does not count, because I am using a > > > >>> virtual private server. > > > > >>> 2. I am using web2py 'out of the box' with its own server, not > > > >>> apache. > > > > >>> On Feb 10, 2:36 pm, Thadeus Burgess<thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > > > > >>>> For one, you have two requirements, an Ubuntu requirement, which far > > > >>>> exceeds 64K. I'm not sure an OS can even run on 64K now days. > > > > >>>> I run web2py + ubuntu + apache_mod_wsgi on several servers, and each > > > >>>> instance web2py is only using roughly 15MB. The system uses around > > > >>>> 90MB (this is including ubuntu, postgresql, apache). I'm sure a 256MB > > > >>>> system will be more than enough for a small site, of course your ram > > > >>>> usage goes up with the more requests / db access you have. > > > > >>>> -Thadeus > > > > >>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:40 AM, raven<ravenspo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > >>>>> web2py is working very well for me on my MSWINDOWS desktop. > > > > >>>>> I am ready to deploy my first application on a virtual private > > > >>>>> server > > > >>>>> running Ubuntu with 64K of guaranteed RAM > > > > >>>>> I loaded the web2py source and typed > > > > >>>>> python2.5 web2py.py > > > > >>>>> and immediatly ran out of memory. > > > > >>>>> How much memory do I need to purchase? > > > > >>>>> -- > > > >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > >>>>> Groups "web2py-users" group. > > > >>>>> To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > > > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > >>>>> web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > >>>>> For more options, visit this group > > > >>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. 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