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<div id="backlink"><a href="help.html">Back to main help page</a></div>
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<h1><a name="top">Memory Usage</a></h1>
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2019-02-14 14:18:03 +01:00
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<p>This page gives some information about memory usage and performance and
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how to affect memory usage.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#restrict">Increase or reduce allocated memory</a></li>
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<li><a href="#error">Running out of memory</a></li>
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2019-02-14 14:18:03 +01:00
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<h2><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h2>
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<p>There are a few reasons Chatty may use a considerable greater amount of
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memory compared to other IRC clients:</p>
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<li>Java prefers to allocate more memory than absolutely needed, so it
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can reduce the work going into Garbage Collection, which reduces CPU
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usage.</li>
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<li>Java management and resources it has to have loaded add some
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overhead that other programs may not have.</li>
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<li>Chatty stores a lot of information for all it's features to work,
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such as emoticons, badges, stream info, user data - some of which
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can increase over time as the program is running.</li>
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<li>Memory and CPU usage may increase depending on how many channels you
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are in and their activity, as more data is created and deleted in
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busy chats, requiring either more memory or (if Java is not allowed
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to allocate more) more Garbage Collection work to be performed.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>You can use the <code>/appinfo</code> command in Chatty to get some
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information about current memory usage. Note that these values can be
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somewhat different from what is shown in e.g. Task Manager.</p>
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<h2><a name="restrict">Increase or reduce allocated memory</a></h2>
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<p>When you start a Java program there is some default maximum amount of
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memory it is allowed to use, which can vary on a case-by-case basis.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>If the default size is too small you can experience performance
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issues (or even errors) and you may want to allow Java to allocate
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more memory.</li>
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<li>If you're not experiencing performance issues you can decrease
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memory usage, although be careful to not set it too low.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>You can tell Java the maximum amount heap memory it can use by using the
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launch option <code>-Xmx400M</code>. In this example it allows a maximum
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heap of 400MB, which is recommended for good performance. You should
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normally never set it below 200MB or you may experience issues.</p>
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<h3>JAR Version</h3>
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<p><a href="help-guide_create_shortcut.html">Create a shortcut</a> (you may
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already have created one with the installer). When editing the shortcut
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change the target and add the launch option after Java but before the
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<code>-jar</code> part (you may have to add the <code>javaw</code> and
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<code>-jar</code> parts). It should end up looking similiar to:</p>
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<p><code>javaw <strong>-Xmx400M</strong> -jar "D:\Chatty\Chatty.jar"</code></p>
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<h3>Standalone Version</h3>
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<p>The Chatty.exe of the <a href="help-standalone.html">Windows Standalone</a>
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version will look for launch options in the file <code>Chatty.cfg</code>
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in the <code>app</code> folder, so you can add the <code>-Xmx400M</code>
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there, after <code>[JVMOptions]</code> (should already be there by
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default, so you can just change the number).</p>
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<h2><a name="error">Running out of memory</a></h2>
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<p>If Java cannot clean up enough memory to make space for new data to be
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stored, an OutOfMemory exception will occur.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>This can be a sign that you should increase the amount of memory
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Java is allowed to use. For example if the maximum heap is 50MB
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there simply won't be enough space to even start Chatty, if it is
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100MB it may still start but you'll likely run into issues a bit
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later. Use <code>/appinfo</code> to find out current and max usage.</li>
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<li>The longer Chatty is running at a time and the more active channels
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you have joined, the more data it will accumulate that are necessary
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for features such as displaying Stream Info History or messages that
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users have sent in the User Dialog. If you run into issues after
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leaving Chatty running for several days, then a simple restart may
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be helpful.</li>
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<li>There may be a bug, either in Chatty or some Java library,
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preventing memory from being cleaned up properly, resulting in a
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memory leak.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Short of analyzing a heap dump, basicially a full copy of the programs
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memory, it is hard to tell what exactly takes up the memory. Such
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analysis is often performed duing development and testing, but if an
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issue can not be reproduced then finding the exact cause can be
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difficult.</p>
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<h2>Reducing memory usage</h2>
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<p>The following settings can be adjusted to reduce memory usage:</p>
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<dl class="dl-settings">
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<dt>Moderation - Clear message history of inactive users</dt>
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<dd>Long running instances will accumulate more and more messages stored
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for display in the User Dialog. Setting this to a lower value can
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reduce memory usage.</dd>
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</dl>
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