> Do you have specified sizes for the young and perm generations? If not, you might want to set them.
No. How do I do that? On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We have one process that consumes a LOT of RAM. (It parses a huge XML > > file.) It usually runs with no problem. Sometimes, it errors-out with a > CF > > "out of Java heap space" error. Not most days...just sometimes. > > > > Last week, we added 2 GB of RAM to the server to bring the total up to 4 > GB > > and I bumped up CF's min/max heap size from 1 GB to 1.4 GB. > > > > Since then, process in question has failed every day with "out of Java > heap > > space" error...until I restart the CF server service and run the process > > right away after it restarts. > > The heap is not one big undifferentiated bucket of storage. It > contains different sections, or generations, that are used to store > different scopes of variables. Simply increasing the overall heap may > not have any effect on the amount of storage for this variable. Do you > have specified sizes for the young and perm generations? If not, you > might want to set them. > > All that said, you might also want to switch to SAX parsing if you're > working with extremely large XML files. SAX parsing is (in my opinion) > a lot more programming work, but it's designed to let you solve this > sort of problem. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > 1-202-527-9569 > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:358329 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
