Python memory management <-> virtualized server environments

[gravityzoo-dmo]

On 24 aug, 20:35, "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hell... at dcuktec.org>
wrote:
> gravityzoo-dmo wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
>
> > I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience in running
> > Python in a virtualized server environment?
> > The reason I'm asking is the recent thing I noticed when running my
> > server application (written in Python + Twisted);
> > The memory of the server application seems to only grow, and not give
> > back memory space to the OS. I realize that this won't be a problem on
> > a single physical server, but I'm curious of the effect this behaviour
> > has on a virtualized environment.
> > Could anyone provide me with a little more insight please?
> > Thanks in advance!
>
> > Dirk
>
> Might help if you say which version of Python you are running, although
> I'm not a memory expert I do know there have been some changes between
> the versions.
>
> --
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Hi, I'm sorry, I forgot to post the version indeed.

The Python version I'm running is 2.5.2 (r252:60911, January 4 2009)
The Twisted version I'm running is 8.2.0, and I'm using the EPOLL-
Reactor (don't know if that matters)
The OS I'm running on is Debian version 2.6.26-2-686 (i686 GNU/Linux)

Is that enough info?

Best regards,
Dirk