Because memory is cheap, I’m assuming the server has plenty more after, and 
more the better for the jvm in my experience.   It’s just a default value I go 
for when this occurs, and then never after and no oom error ever again

> On Jun 25, 2021, at 12:47 PM, Dominique Bejean <dominique.bej...@eolya.fr> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I agree with not allocating more than 31 GB for Xms/Xmx as it is the upper
> limit in order for the JVM to use compressed oops (
> https://blog.codecentric.de/en/2014/02/35gb-heap-less-32gb-java-jvm-memory-oddities/),
> but why directly 31 Gb without more Solr usage analysis ?
> 
> Dominique
> 
> 
> 
>> Le ven. 25 juin 2021 à 16:25, Dave <hastings.recurs...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>> 
>> Another thing I would keep in mind is running your xms and xmx at the same
>> memory size.  Ideally the machine it’s on has a lot of memory, so if both
>> are set to 31gb, and the os still has enough memory to read your index, is
>> nearly ideal.
>> 
>>>> On Jun 25, 2021, at 8:36 AM, Rafał Kuć <r....@solr.pl> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Paul,
>>> 
>>> The error that you are seeing tells you that your Solr instance didn't
>> have enough memory to run certain operation - for example indexing or
>> querying. Have a look at this page of the documentation:
>> https://solr.apache.org/guide/6_6/jvm-settings.html#JVMSettings-ChoosingMemoryHeapSettings
>> <
>> https://solr.apache.org/guide/6_6/jvm-settings.html#JVMSettings-ChoosingMemoryHeapSettings>
>> - though it is for version 6.6 it is valuable for Solr 5.2.1 as well. You
>> may just not have enough memory given to the JVM. I would start with that.
>>> 
>>> Check your Solr logs to find out the problematic part and when it
>> happens. If that happens during the query time you will usually find longer
>> than usual running queries. That's a good place to start.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Regards,
>>> Rafał Kuć
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 25 Jun 2021, at 10:52, Paul, Lulu <lulu.p...@bl.uk> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi team,
>>>> 
>>>> We are running SOLR 5.2.1 version and this is the error we receive on
>> our LIVE instance. I am relatively new to the project and still learning
>> about SOLR.
>>>> 
>>>> org.apache.solr.common.SolrException; null:java.lang.RuntimeException:
>> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
>>>> 
>>>> Please can you suggest what should be checked and a possible resolution
>> to this problem ?
>>>> 
>>>> Below is the into from SOLR UI Dashboard on system space  :
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Much appreciate your advice
>>>> Thank you, best wishes Lulu
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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