You can also get OOME in development by causing restarts by copying class files or web.xml files into a running web application with reloadable="true" and depending on how good you are at cleaning out your appliacation this leaks until such a point you get the OOME usually with PermGen error.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 August 2005 15:48 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Out of memory > > > > You would probably be better served looking at what you can change in > the app so it does not require so much RAM. It has been my > experience > that when I get an out of memory error it is because I was > forgetting to > close an object, or calling too many large objects globally, > or reading > in too much data into a result set. > > Of all my web apps only one requires the heap size to be > raised to the > 512MB limit. It loads multiple 1MB - 10MB overlays them on > one another > and then dynamically overlays a lot of font specific > anti-aliasing text. > > Unless the application is doing similarly demanding you would > probably > be better severed by debugging the app to see what is using > so much RAM. > > If you are making a development error like say forgetting to close an > object something everyone on the list has done it is always better to > learn of errors as early as possible so you do not carry it over to > other apps. > > A lesson I have learned the hard way. > > > Allistair Crossley wrote: > > Oh yes :) > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Wolfgang Hackl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: 12 August 2005 09:24 > >>To: Tomcat Users List > >>Subject: RE: Out of memory > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>You can modify the memory settings for the windows service > >> > >>also in the > >> > >>>service.bat file itself. I've been known to uninstall the > >> > >>service, modify > >> > >>>the bat file and then service install again. > >> > >>Forget about a reinstall. Use regedit and go to > >> > >>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apache software Foundation\Procrun > >>2.0\<yourTomcatServiceName>\Parameters\Java > >> > >>and edit the JvmMx and JvmMs settings as your deployment requires. > >> > >>Kind regards > >>Wolfgang > >> > >>-- > >>5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail > >>+++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > QAS Ltd. > > Registered in England: No 2582055 > > Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > </FONT> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Brian Cook > Digital Services Analyst > Print Time Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 913.345.8900 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
