Limit the amount of RAM that RavenDB takes up

[AndyMcGoldrick]

Is there anyway of limiting how mach memory the server will use?

I am running the database as a service.

Thanks

Andy

[Itamar Syn-Hershko]

Not through RavenDB, no

[Matt Warren]

You can follow some of the tips here http://ravendb.net/faq/low-memory-footprint.
Also you can limit how much caching Raven does by using code like
this:

using (DocumentCacher.SkipSettingDocumentsInDocumentCache())
{
...
}

See https://groups.google.com/group/ravendb/browse_thread/thread/eb24bcc97a1fa2b/
for a bit more info.

Note: as Itamar said you can't limit the amount of memory to a set
amount, you can just reduce it.

[Matt Warren]

Actually you probably don't want to prevent RavenDB from caching docs
(using using SkipSettingDocumentsInDocumentCache) as that will be a
perf hit, instead you just want to configure how much RAM it can use
for the cache.

You can do that using the settings MemoryCacheLimitPercentage and
MemoryCacheLimitCheckInterval, see
https://groups.google.com/group/ravendb/browse_thread/thread/6415c0bcb87bcaef/

for a bit more info.

On Sep 9, 12:46 pm, Matt Warren <mattd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can follow some of the tips herehttp://ravendb.net/faq/low-memory-footprint.

> Also you can limit how much caching Raven does by using code like
> this:
>
> using (DocumentCacher.SkipSettingDocumentsInDocumentCache())
> {
>    ...
>
> }
>

> Seehttps://groups.google.com/group/ravendb/browse_thread/thread/eb24bcc9...

[AndyMcGoldrick]

Thanks a lot this is just what I was looking for.

My initial question was not phrased too well! :-) I meant reduce
instead of a set a hard limit.

Thanks again

Andy

On Sep 9, 1:01 pm, Matt Warren <mattd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually you probably don't want to prevent RavenDB from caching docs
> (using using SkipSettingDocumentsInDocumentCache) as that will be a
> perf hit, instead you just want to configure how much RAM it can use
> for the cache.
>
> You can do that using the settings MemoryCacheLimitPercentage and

> MemoryCacheLimitCheckInterval, seehttps://groups.google.com/group/ravendb/browse_thread/thread/6415c0bc...