Thanks Chris and Chuck for your help so far. I have added my problem statement with Images to by blog here: http://anuragkapur-techbytes.blogspot.com/2010/10/tomcat-5527-memory-leak-in-escenic-cms.html <http://anuragkapur-techbytes.blogspot.com/2010/10/tomcat-5527-memory-leak-in-escenic-cms.html>
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Caldarale, Charles R < chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote > > > > Attachments are stripped: there is no image to view, here. > > > > I have attached the heap usage graph as a file this time (heap_usage.jpg) > > Please read Chris' statement again: attachments are stripped. If you want > us to look at the pictures, you'll have to post them in some public location > on the web. Heap utilization is like this: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Oq9OlP-8ap0/TLMAno5Z2lI/AAAAAAAACPA/pUr70osY3HU/s1600/heap_usage.jpg An object call reference tree snapshot that I wanted to show you is here: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Oq9OlP-8ap0/TLMBRLiUzTI/AAAAAAAACPE/ogO2HI2uYig/s1600/object_reference_tree.jpg > > Or can the address of the object change in the > > lifetime of the tomcat jvm? > > An object can move on each GC. > > So how should I determine if an object (HashMap entry or character array) that I saw in the first heap dump exists in the next hump dump I obtained after the 4th Full GC? Struggling to determine the root cause. Any further pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks Anurag
