Is there a way to limit memory size?

You can set the size limit through the UI by creating a bucket. If you need to change the size of a bucket, right now you'll need to delete it and recreate at a new size.

Does that make sense?

Let me know if you need any further assistance.

Perry

I have a NorthScale cluster with 2 servers. I have 1 bucket running, limited to 256 MB. However, the memcache.exe process is using all memory available, about 700+ MB on each machine. Is this to be expected? Is there a way to limit how much memory NorthScale should be able to use? I have other applications running on those instances, I'm concerned about performance.

thanks!

Hmm, that does sound a bit odd. Can you send me the stats output for both servers? Just telnet to the server on port 11211 and type 'stats'

Thanks!

Perry

Actually, I think it had to do with a config problem (multiple IPs + older memcached instances running on that server). Things seem to be running well now.

Thanks

Perry, thanks for the info. I was using the default bucket which was pre-sized at 64MB, so I hadn't noticed that it lets you pick a size when you make a new bucket. It would be a nice enhancement if there was a "resize" function in the bucket maintenance screen, that would delete and re-create the bucket with a different size, and prompting the user that the cache will be flushed. That might save some confusion for future users.

Thanks again!

-Jeff

Thanks for the input Jeff, I've filed an enhancement request to make this a bit easier to understand.

Take care

Perry

Jeff, the new version (beta 4) allows you to edit the size of a bucket.

Thanks for your feedback!

Perry