Reducing Solidus Memory Usage with jemalloc | Super Good Software

At Super Good, we work on Solidus stores of all types: from stores with custom third-party API integrations to subscriptions to custom PDF generation systems. One common thing across all client stores is the desire to provide customers with a stable and fast experience at an operational cost that fits the budget. Improving performance and stability is often a balance of carefully optimizing code and scaling up your production infrastructure, both of which can be costly and timely endeavours. This post aims to discover if improving performance is possible without changing any code or adding extra costs to our production infrastructure. We will test the jemalloc project on a production Solidus store to see if we can improve some memory usage issues without negatively impacting response time.