Hum, maybe it is an acceptable way of setting the JVM heap if you really
have a lot of memory and you are using G1 GC.
But sorry, my customers don't agree with "disk and memory are cheap" :)
Furthermore, if you can save some money on each of your servers, maybe you
can rent one more server and so increase available CPU, disk space and disk
I/0.

Dominique



Le ven. 25 juin 2021 à 18:56, Dave <hastings.recurs...@gmail.com> a écrit :

> 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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