Posted by Steve on 09/12/07 03:07

"Aaron Saray" <102degrees@102degrees.com> wrote in message
news:1189563348.374623.57660@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 11, 10:03 am, melma...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On 10 Wrz, 21:19, Sanders Kaufman <bu...@kaufman.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > melma...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > > I have used sessions and forced garbage collector
>> > > to clean the memory with the probability 100%
>> > > (reconfiguring php.ini file)
>> > > and I called this script X times. The memory was not freed at all!
>>
>> > > But I have discovered that it is Windows bug (see my reply to Aaron)
>>
>> > In the Zend Platform docs, they point out that while Windows servers
>> > are
>> > adequate for most development, they should not be used for production.
>>
>> > This shell problem is exactly why.
>>
>> > This same bug is why Windows became such a target for viruses - the
>> > real
>> > ones, not the scripties.
>>
>> > Those Seattle Republicans play fast-and-loose with memory management.
>>
>> After long hours of fighting and testing I have fixed the problem.
>> It was caused by an additional firewall installed on both computers
>> used by me for testing process. When I uninstalled it memory leak
>> disappeared.
>>
>> Thanks all for help.
>> Best regards
>> Melmack
>
> What firewalls were they? I haven't thought about that - heh - its
> been such a long time since I thought about those (about 2 years when
> I used to work at an ISP). I guess that makes sense... with either a
> virus protection program or a firewall - they're going to scan spawned
> processes... but woudln't it be the a/v or firewall process that gets
> the memory spike? Any other details would be cool - I'm rather
> curious now.

that is curious!

hey, remember win NT 4? you could run the processor and memory up to 100%
just by holding down the mouse button on the desktop? ah the days. ;^)

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