> First of all: What error message do you get? java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: unable to create new native thread
>How much memory do you have in the system? 2GB > What is the output of uname -a on your system? Linux de801.ispfr.net 2.6.18-028stab085.5 #1 SMP Thu Apr 14 15:06:33 MSD 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux > On my system, this program easily goes to 10000, although it demands a > lot of memory. You may want to specify a lower stack size, like this: > > java -Xss150k DieLikeADog > It doesn't change anything, whatever i use for Xss, Xmx, or even ulimit. It doesn't work also if I edit limits.conf > Also, make sure you have sufficient memory available, basically the > number of threads * memory required for an empty thread. Since each > thread seems to take about 100k, this boils down to at least a GiB for > 10k threads. YMMV. Note that on a 32-bit architecture, you will run out > of address space long before running out of actual memory. While you > could do crazy things with fork, I *strongly* recommend you use a 64-bit > architecture. > I'm already using a 64 bit architecture. > If you plan on having a quadruple-digits number of threads, I suggest > you either rewrite your code to use threadpools or use really fast > hardware with lots of memory (say, 10GiB).. > I plan on using around 2000 threads and the program will run extremely fast, i'm sure of that. I just need to get rid of this system limitation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cacz3jaknr9huns-vihul-xmxoacgshyyt58ac7o-l4897qy...@mail.gmail.com

