memory-footprint

What is the memory footprint for .NET Framework Compact Edition?

Hello all, What is the memory footprint for .NET Framework Compact Edition? Thanks. ...

python versus java runtime footprint

Can anyone point to serious comparison of Python runtime footprint versus Java? Thanks, Avraham ...

Reduce Mongrel Rails Memory Footprint & Increase performance?

My rails sites run Mongrel, I am having a problem with the amount of memory being used. My ruby-bin processes are using up about 66 MB of resident memory. How can I reduce the amount of memory used by rails? It is not very economical to have many rails servers running on a single machine if they are eating memory at this rate. My php...

Recording Memory Footprint In Linux

Is there a way we can record memory footprint? In a way that after the process has finish we still can have access to it. The typical way I check memory footprint is this: $ cat /proc/PID/status But in no way it exist after the process has finished. ...

Which database should be used when developing a client-server application as a retail product?

We are in the process of developing a client-server software (in C#, Net 2.0)which can be sold off the shelf. The product is in Medical domain. Can anyone suggest the best possible database for the following conditions: Should be able to distribute it free to the customers. Customers should be able to add images too to the database. S...

In-memory size of python stucture

Does someone know of a good reference card for the memory size of python data stucture on 32 and 64 bit platforms ? If not, this would be nice to have it on SO. The more exhaustive the better ! So how many bytes are used by those python structures (depending on the len and the content type when relevant) ? - int - float - reference...

Making C#/.NET have a small footprint?

I notice an usual high memory size. One app i wrote is a console app that uses <50lines and simply downloads a series of files solely using WebRequest. Another app that isnt trivial (mysql, dls, multithreads, listbox with 100 items). The first uses 21 mb (debug, ide), the other uses 39mb(debug, ide). I also have another app polls my site...

How is memory-efficient non-destructive manipulation of collections achieved in functional programming?

I'm trying to figure out how non-destructive manipulation of large collections is implemented in functional programming, ie. how it is possible to alter or remove single elements without having to create a completely new collection where all elements, even the unmodified ones, will be duplicated in memory. (Even if the original collectio...

Points to be considered while designing or coding for lesser footprint deliverables

Please post the points one should keep in mind while designing or coding for lesser footprint deliverables for embedded systems. I am not giving compiler or platform details, as I want generic information. But, any specific information on Linux based OS is also welcome. ...

GCC vs Greenhills on ARM

I'm interested in any comparisons between GCC and Greenhills C compiler with regard to memory footprint of generated code specifically on ARM platforms. Are there any benchmarks or comparisons for these compilers? Has anyone had any experience here that they'd like to share? ...

Library code memory footprint analysis.

Let's say we have a some library compiled into .a file. After that this library is linked with other code into some executable file .exe. Size of .a file is 6Mb while this size of .exe file is 3Mb. Obvious explanation of this is that linker has thrower out unused code from the library. What I want to know is the real library's code footp...

InnoDB row size large as compared to MyIsam

I have a table with for columns, a smallint, an integer and two floats. Expected memory for each row is 14bytes (2+4+2*4). I have around 700,000 rows in my table. I've set no primary keys and indices. While the MyIsam type takes around 10MB (average of 15b for each row), the InnoDB type takes more than 30Mb (average of 44b). What am...