[mapserver-users] static versus shared obj memory use

[Andy Colson]

On 5/15/2015 3:59 PM, Richard Greenwood wrote:
> I'm working on Linux and have statically linked mapserv for convenience
> but now I'm wondering if it is adversely affecting memory use. For
> example, if I have five fcgi mapserv instance like:
>    mapserv.fcgi?map=mapfile1.map
>    mapserv.fcgi?map=mapfile2.map
>    mapserv.fcgi?map=mapfile3.map
>    mapserv.fcgi?map=mapfile4.map
>    mapserv.fcgi?map=mapfile5.map
> Am I using more memory with my static build than if they all referencing
> the shared libmapserver.so?
>
> Thanks,
> rich
>

I believe you will pay for the cost of one executable, the others will 
share the code pages, but get their own data pages.

So no, you probably are not using more memory using static build.

-Andy