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Memory issues detection approach
Throttled mode of service load is most convenient way to identify memory leaks or another memory utilization issues. The utility https://github.com/khandramai/gatling-folio-performance for emulation of load regime was implemented based on load and performance testing framework Gatling.
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Deep analysis of the memory utilization was performed with using Eclipse Memory Analyzer on the basis of memory dumps prepared in advance during the operation of the service (after 1 hour of service operating).
Issues Found
JMX reporting based on Dropwizard metrics
Description
The heap memory size is constantly increasing under load, reaches the maximum value for the container and a service failure occurs. The service does not recover after a load disconnect.
Detailed investigation
Emulation of the load on local environment showed the following results:
mod-invoice-storage:
mod-invoice:
It should be noted that the memory growth trend is observed for both of mod-invoice and mod-invoice-storage modules. However, for the mod-invoice-storage the process is more intensive. Therefore, invoices flow failure occurs precisely at the mod-invoice-storage layer.
Heap dumps: mod-invoices.hprof, mod-invoices-storage.hprof.
Heap dumps analysis showed that problem relates to Dropwizard metrics collecting.
After manual disabling of metrics collecting load test passes successfully with the following CPU/Heap utilization during 4 hours:
mod-invoice:
mod-invoice-storage:
Heap dumps analysis showed that issue was fixed.
Summary
Disable Dropwizard metrics on production environment. For this purpose, it makes sense to refactor the existed existing code to exclude the hardcoded enabling of the metrics RestLauncher.java#L30. Moreover, Vert.X supports the enabling of metrics collecting as a key of the Java command line, so the possibility of their its enabling can be saved if command line activation is used.