HTTP memory increases and never goes down?

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I have been trying to get my server to be stable. It used to be very stable on 5.0.8 on Windows XP (it is used for web stuff only) and you could watch memory increase but then drop back down after a few seconds in task manager. Then, we upgraded a new XP server with 5.0.11 and that ran well for a while but as we got more and more traffic using the site, the http would crash once a day or so. When I watch the memory in task manager - it never went back down… it just kept increasing as did the nserver. Then I set up a new machine (all running the same databases) with Windows 2003 and 6.5.2 to see if upgrading would be a solution but the memory still seems to climb without ever dropping. Is this a known issue. I have seen other people with similar problems. I dont know whether to go back to 5.0.8 or keep searching for the problem.

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Subject: HTTP memory increases and never goes down?

This is a known problem for Domino release 6.0.3-6.5.3FP1 (at least to me), Lotus has a PMR about this also open, but they were unable to find out what they changed after 6.0.2CF2 yet.The instant cure is to downgrade to 6.0.2CF2, if you want to keep your server at R6, but also 5.0.13a works fine.

I’ve been trying different things to fix this with newer domino releases (6.0.3-6.5.3FP1), but there seems to be no easy way. The following steps will increase the speed under those versions a bit, but it will not fix the speed issues completely (6.0.2CF2 remains faster):

  1. Shutdown domino.

  2. Install the compagnt.exe tool into your Notes Program directory: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg24004199

  3. From DOS, run compagnt.exe <directory/database.nsf> for ALL databases on your server, including templates.

  4. Make a LotusScript agent, which sets the following db properties to ALL databases:

Optimize document table map

Don’t overwrite free space

Use LZ1 compression

Don’t allow headline monitoring

  1. Run compact -B from DOS for all databases

  2. Start domino.

I would recommend to stay on 6.0.2CF2 for now, until Lotus brings an offical fix for this issue.

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Subject: RE: HTTP memory increases and never goes down?

Thank you very much for your detailed response. I will try 6.0.2CF2 for now and see what happens.