I've seen these errors before and they almost always relate to the JVM running out of memory. Does the error/cf server log give you any clues about what template is causing the error?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Helwig, Till Helge [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 11 June 2012 15:44 > To: cf-talk > Subject: CF breaks down with error 500 (GC) > > > Hi guys, > > I got another problem that I can't figure out by myself unfortunately. > Somewhere inside of the huge CF application I'm in charge of an error occurs. > Not the standard error you might expect but instead an error 500 that tells me > Java threw an exception with the message "GC overhead limit exceeded". And > afterwards the whole CF server doesn't respond to further requests. > > I honestly have no idea where to start with any kind of debugging. When > watching `top` on the server I can see that the coldfusion process starts > allocating a lot of memory up to almost 60%. I can't really image what might > cause this problem as the template that has been called does little more than > retrieve a lot of information from a database. Which is what most parts of the > application do and they don't cause any problems... > > Would be great if you have any ideas for me regarding where to start digging > or what might cause this problem. > > Till Helge > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~| > Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! > http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- > Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion > Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > talk/message.cfm/messageid:351534 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351536 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
