> 1) When we start JBoss, there are a large number of java processes > started - I'm assuming > that represents all the services, etc. that it needs. Each one of these > processes is reported > as taking 156M of memory!! (More if we up the VM's heap size, etc.) > > a. Why so much memory? Is it because they are all running their > own VM?? > b. How come JBoss doesn't report the same number of processes or > memory on NT? This is not a JBoss issue, its a Java VM issue. You have to know how the VM make use of the operating system. Linux has a different threading model than either NT or Solaris. See http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/java2/index.html?dwzone=java for a discussion of IBM's work on Linux threads and Java. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]