Aspnet Worker Thread Memory Usage

Hi,

I developed an asp.net based eCommerce Website for a client and it is
hosted at discount asp.

The site is quite interactive, queries a database a lot and uses
ajax.asp.net to spice up interactivity.
The service suffers from a lot of restarts since discountasp enforces
a 100mb per worker thread limit and when you top it, the service gets
restarted. When there is a lot of traffic on the site, this happens
almost every other minute and users see an unwelcoming "service
unavailable" quite often.

Now I already tried to strip down memory usage, by eliminating almost
all session objects, by using datareaders instead of datasets and by
by employing a very disconnected, database based "state" architecture,
but I still cannot keep MB usage under 100mb.

So I am about to tell my client that he will need to move to a host,
that does not have such a strict memory policy, maybe a virtual host
on a machine with few users.

But just to double check: how does memory usage on your sites look
like? Could you check in task manager, what asp net uses when you view
a single site/application, and the tell me, together with some info
about the site's complexity?

I would be very glad, to have some numbers, that could tell me, if the
host just is not thought for heavier usage or if I am just doing
something stupid that no one else does.

Jan

usage.

You can track such events on a hosted account with some of the ASP.NET
event
providers. Here is an article that touches on some of this, including
tracking app recycles.

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...apps-prog.aspx

Aside from that, cache everything that you can to cut down on database
usage. Failing that, you need to consider a different host. I've used
CrystalTech with excellent results, and also gate.com with good results
and
few restarts.
-- Peter
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"jld" wrote:

>Hi,

I developed an asp.net based eCommerce Website for a client and it is
hosted at discount asp.

The site is quite interactive, queries a database a lot and uses
ajax.asp.net to spice up interactivity.
The service suffers from a lot of restarts since discountasp enforces
a 100mb per worker thread limit and when you top it, the service gets
restarted. When there is a lot of traffic on the site, this happens
almost every other minute and users see an unwelcoming "service
unavailable" quite often.

Now I already tried to strip down memory usage, by eliminating almost
all session objects, by using datareaders instead of datasets and by
by employing a very disconnected, database based "state" architecture,
but I still cannot keep MB usage under 100mb.

So I am about to tell my client that he will need to move to a host,
that does not have such a strict memory policy, maybe a virtual host
on a machine with few users.

But just to double check: how does memory usage on your sites look
like? Could you check in task manager, what asp net uses when you view
a single site/application, and the tell me, together with some info
about the site's complexity?

I would be very glad, to have some numbers, that could tell me, if the
host just is not thought for heavier usage or if I am just doing
something stupid that no one else does.

Jan