AppFabric Cache Object GET times too long - appfabric

I have installed Windows server AppFabric Cache in a development machine (Windows 7) to try it. I have created a simple aspx page which GETs a DataTabel (1000 rows integer and string) that I have saved earlier in the Cache. Calculating the GET times (I used Stopwatch class) after a sequense of page reloads I got the following times 13ms, 13ms, 13ms, 13ms, 439ms, 13ms, 309ms, 452ms, 603ms, 195ms, 565ms, 13ms, etc. I am totally comfused with that and I cannot explain it. What might cause such a delay considering that 13ms is the normal time?
Thank you in advance

Have you noticed any bottlenecks (CPU, memory, network) during the test?
Try to compare with queries to persistent database.

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CPU Usage gradually increases in dotnet core webservice

I have a .net Core web service which seems to slowly increase its cpu usage.
meaning at the first day it won't go past 10%, the second day it can go up to 20% and so on.
Using the TOP command in linux, all my webservices seems to sometime be shown there (probably when a request is made) and afterward disappear.
This specific process after running for a while just stays there constantly consuming cpu even when no request has been made.
the API still working fine, it seems like there are some threads that just keeps hanging and consuming cpu. last time I checked I had 5 threads that consumed 3-4% cpu and didn't die for some reason.
My guess is that in some specific scenario a thread just stays alive consuming cpu.
The app runs on ubuntu machine, my first step was trying to create a dump file with ProcDump so I can analyze those threads and maybe find where they are hanging.
ProcDump generates a huge 21gb file, which trying to analyze with lldb throws out of memory exception. even tried transferring it to a windows machine to debug with windbg , no help there as it couldn't open the file.
As there is no specific exception or anything I can't really share any piece of code as I have no idea where the issue is... just kind a hoping for some suggestion that might help me get to a solution or at least understand where the problem is.
Thanks a lot for reading, cheers
You could try using something like jetBrains’ DotMemory, they also have a fairly high level but helpful guide https://www.jetbrains.com/help/dotmemory/How_to_Find_a_Memory_Leak.html it also worth checking your startup file and double checking the services you’ve registered are used in the correct way ie not added as scoped when they should be transient or even a singleton etc
so iv'e been at it for a while.
Eventually found out that my problem was with HttpClient
Probably some bad mix of static class and creating new instances of HttpClient that causes the issue Iv'e explained above.
Solved it by utilizing HttpClientFactory as explained here -
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/http-requests?view=aspnetcore-2.1
Lesson learned :)
A little late but Procdump for Linux just added .NET Core 3 support that generates much more managable sized core dumps. It automatically detects if the target process is .NET Core and does the right thing (i.e., no need to specify switches).

Why do I keep getting MySQL Client Out of Memory error after a certain period of time...?

I'm developing a server application that preforms various (probably hundreds to thousands) of MySQL Queries a day (SELECTS, INSERTS, & UPDATES).
The querying works great, until....
For some reason after the Server has been up for roughly 1 to 2 days it generates a MySQL Error any time I try to preform any MySQL Query from the Server... The Server was developed using C++.
The error says that The MySQL Client has run out of memory.
I'm Using
MySQL Community Server 5.6.24
Is there some kind of hidden cache of data stored in memory that I don't know about that gets occupied anytime a MySQL Query gets executed....? That's the only thing I can think of.
This is probably related to the queries you're using.
Indexing can help as well as limiting the results returned from these queries.
I'm guessing you're loading a certain amount of data using SELECT commands and the returned values need to be stored somewhere, which is the memory.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/out-of-memory.html
This link offers some possible solutions.
To remedy the problem, first check whether your query is correct. Is it reasonable that it should return so many rows? If not, correct the query and try again. Otherwise, you can invoke mysql with the --quick option. This causes it to use the mysql_use_result() C API function to retrieve the result set, which places less of a load on the client (but more on the server).
Also if you have enough RAM you could try to increase the memory limit in the config file.
To be more specific this is what you want to adjust:
InnoDB Settings
innodb_buffer_pool_size - Defaults to 128M. This is the main setting you want to change, since it sets how much memory InnoDB will use for data+indexes loaded into memory. For a dedicated MySQL server, the recommended size is 50-80% of installed memory. So for example, a server with 64G of RAM should have around a 50G buffer pool.
The danger of setting this value too high is that there will be no memory left for the operating system and some MySQL-subsystems that rely on filesystem cache such as binary logs, and InnoDB's transaction logs.
Taken from:
http://www.tocker.ca/2013/09/17/what-to-tune-in-mysql-56-after-installation.html
Another possibility is that something in the c++ code is not allocating the memory and after it's done deallocating the memory properly.
Another thing that could be leaking is connections. Database connections are very expensive, and hang around. I googled "mysql connection pooling". If you're using Connector/J, you could look at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/en/connector-j-usagenotes-j2ee-concepts-connection-pooling.html, and if you're using connector/net you could try http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-programming-connection-pooling.html.

cfindex causing template to be killed

my first question on stack,
I'm running cf10 Enterprise on windows 2003 server AMD Opteron 2.30 Ghz with 4gb ram. Im using cfindex action = update to index over 1k pdfs
I'm getting jvm memory errors and the page is being killed when its run as a scheduled task in the early hours of the morning.
This is the code in the page :
cfindex collection= "pdfs" action = "update" type= "path" extensions = ".pdf" recurse="yes" urlpath="/site/files/" key="D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\site\files"
JVM.config contents
java.home=s:\ColdFusion10\jre
application.home=s:\ColdFusion10\cfusion
java.args=-server -Xms256m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=192m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Xbatch -Dcoldfusion.home={application.home} -Dcoldfusion.rootDir={application.home} -Dcoldfusion.libPath={application.home}/lib -Dorg.apache.coyote.USE_CUSTOM_STATUS_MSG_IN_HEADER=true -Dcoldfusion.jsafe.defaultalgo=FIPS186Random -Dcoldfusion.classPath={application.home}/lib/updates,{application.home}/lib,{application.home}/lib/axis2,{application.home}/gateway/lib/,{application.home}/wwwroot/WEB-INF/flex/jars,{application.home}/wwwroot/WEB-INF/cfform/jars
java.library.path={application.home}/lib,{application.home}/jintegra/bin,{application.home}/jintegra/bin/international,{application.home}/lib/oosdk/classes/win
java.class.path={application.home}/lib/oosdk/lib,{application.home}/lib/oosdk/classes
Ive also tried going higher than 1024mb for -Xmx however cf would not restart until i tokk it back to 1024mb
Could it be a rogue pdf or do i need more ram on the server ?
Thanks in advance
I would say you probably need more RAM. CF10 64 bit with 4Gigs of RAM is pretty paltry. As an experiment why don't you try indexing half of the files. Then try the other half (or divide them up however appropriate). If in each case the process completes and mem use remains normal or recovers to normal then there is your answer. You have ceiling on RAM.
Meanwhile, more information would be helpful. Can you post your JVM settings (the contents of your jvm.config file). If you are using the default heap size (512megs) then you may have room (not much but a little) to increase. Keep in mind it is the max heap size and not the size of physical RAM that constrains your CF engine - though obviously your heap must run within said RAM.
Also keep in mind taht Solr runs in it's own jvm with it's own settings. Chekc out this post for information on that - though I suspect it is your CF heap that is being overrun.

ColdFusion scheduler threads eating CPU

I've got CF10 running on a dev box, Windows 7, 64 bit.
Periodically, every minute or so, the CPU usage for CF10 will spike up to 100% for about 20 seconds and come back down. It's pretty regular.
I've found it difficult to diagnose this issue. I've seen talk of client variables purges, logging, monitoring and all manner of things - but I've turned these all off to no avail.
With VisualVM, I've managed to track the issue down to the 'scheduler' threads. I have 5 of these in a waiting state. Periodically each will run, bumping up the CPU dramatically.
Taking a thread dump, it seems that all these threads are calling java.io.WinNTFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes - something I've seen mentioned a few times as potentially problematic.
UPDATE: Recently I've been playing with onSessionEnd on another app, and discovered that the scheduler-x threads appear to be internal to ColdFusion - my onSessionEnd tasks always seem to run in one of these threads.
Looking in the temp folder, I can see that a lot of EH Cache folders have been made which I think are to do with query caching. The apps I have running make use of this fairly extensively. I thought clearing the temp folder out might improve performance but it has had no effect.
It's worth noting that if I start the CF service without actually calling any of my apps, the problem does not occur. That might suggest the issue is with the apps themselves, however they do not cause any issue in production - only on this box.
There are no scheduled tasks set up either.
Below is an example of one of the threads causing high CPU. I'd appreciate any help in diagnosing what this thread is doing and why, as well as how to potentially stop it from using so much resources.
"scheduler-2" - Thread t#84
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes(Native Method)
at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:849)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.accept(Watcher.java:352)
at java.io.File.listFiles(File.java:1252)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:386)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.getFiles(Watcher.java:397)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.checkWatchedDirectories(Watcher.java:166)
at coldfusion.watch.Watcher.run(Watcher.java:216)
at coldfusion.scheduling.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:211)
at coldfusion.scheduling.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:71)
My environment:
Win 7 64-bit
CF10 Update 12
JDK 1.8.0_11
The issue occurs on multiple versions of JVM - this version is currently used to make monitoring available.
My java settings:
Min heap size: 512mb
Max heap size: 1024mb
-server -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Xbatch -Dcoldfusion.home={application.home} -Dcoldfusion.rootDir={application.home} -Dcoldfusion.libPath={application.home}/lib -Dorg.apache.coyote.USE_CUSTOM_STATUS_MSG_IN_HEADER=true -Dcoldfusion.jsafe.defaultalgo=FIPS186Random -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=8701 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
I'd be lying if I said I understood what all of these settings do!
Sorry if you're one of those people that believes all CF developers should be Java app stack experts. I am not.
Any help, much appreciated. ;)
Using FusionReactor 6, I was able to solve this for us today. We were using this.javaSettings to hot load java class files. The WatchInterval from this.javaSettings uses the DirectoryWatcher at the specified watch number. In our case, I had lowered it to one second.
How I solved it: I set a breakpoint in FusionReactor and could see that it was constantly stuck scanning the directory above the one I specified in this.javasettings. This directory has enough files and subfolders, that it looks like one DirectoryWatcher was unable to finish before the next one was created. Had ColdFusion just stuck to the subfolder, I specified in this.javaSettings, it would not have been a problem.
Example:
This.javaSettings = {
loadPaths = ["\externals\lib\"]
, loadColdFusionClassPath = true
, reloadOnChange = true
, watchInterval = 1
};
In the above case, lib has just 5 files. However, "externals" is loaded with stuff. In the breakpoint, it was typically looking at stuff in "externals."
Do you have scheduled tasks running that use the CFFILE tag? They tend to be resource hogs. Spinning these into their own threads may help with the CPU spike.
another thought:
looking at the JVM,
•Min heap size: 512mb
•Max heap size: 1024mb
These establish the minimum and maximum memory available to the java virtual machine
-server -XX:MaxPermSize=512m
This is the amount of memory dedicated to the java permanent memory generation.
you've got half of your JVM allocated memory dedicated to the permanent generation, try bumping up the maximum heap size to 2048mb. and restarting the ColdFusion service. It could go higher based on whether or not you're running a 64Bit operating system or not.

does WMI cache data in requests?

I've tried the Win32_DesktopMonitor and checked the "Availability", but the value returned is always 3 (powered on), even when the monitor is physically turned off.
Is the data cached and there's a "force refresh" command in WMI, or in this particular case, the "Availability" is just not reliable ?
I think there is caching going on somewhere. I've observed it recently.
I wrote code that was polling for updates to Win32_PnPSignedDriver via SelectQuery / ManagementObjectSearcher and the results appear to be cached because it never realizes that a new device/driver has been added. Running the query from a separate app instantly sees that it was updated.
You may have a look to your driver. According to the documentation, starting with Windows Vista, hardware that is not compatible with Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) returns inaccurate property values for instances of this class. For me it's an another way to say that it's not reliable.