Python memory management <-> virtualized server environments

[Martin P. Hellwig]

gravityzoo-dmo wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience in running
> Python in a virtualized server environment?
> The reason I'm asking is the recent thing I noticed when running my
> server application (written in Python + Twisted);
> The memory of the server application seems to only grow, and not give
> back memory space to the OS. I realize that this won't be a problem on
> a single physical server, but I'm curious of the effect this behaviour
> has on a virtualized environment.
> Could anyone provide me with a little more insight please?
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Dirk

Might help if you say which version of Python you are running, although 
I'm not a memory expert I do know there have been some changes between 
the versions.

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