> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Janner [mailto:jeffrey.jan...@polydyne.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:04 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: Tomcat and Window nonpaged pool > > Tomcat 6.0.x (unsure but 33+) with Java 1.6 and Windows 2008 Server. > > I've got a customer who is monitoring his system using the Windows > Performance Monitor and is concerned about Tomcat usage of the nonpaged > pool. When monitoring just the Tomcat service, it shows the line for > the pool to slowly rise over time, with hardly ever a drop that cannot > be attributed to a restart of the service (I think). > I know that the nonpaged pool contains structures that should not be > paged out by Windows per this quote: > "Nonpaged pool is therefore always kept present in physical memory > and nonpaged pool virtual memory is assigned physical memory. Common > system data structures stored in nonpaged pool include the kernel and > objects that represent processes and threads, synchronization objects > like mutexes, semaphores and events, references to files, which are > represented as file objects, and I/O request packets (IRPs), which > represent I/O operations." > > I am struggling with how this relates to internal workings of Tomcat & > Java. Obviously, as more processing threads, in this case connectors > not executors, are opened, I would expect to see a rise in this pool to > support all the items it uses. I would expect to see a drop as usage > dropped and connectors were returned (or are they permanent at 6). > Also, I assume processing threads for the Oracle connection pool will > cause this to increase as well, and should drop as the pool size drop > back to normal. Any app-based threads would also cause a rise, but > should drop if the thread is properly terminated. > > I guess that this shows a potential memory leak somewhere, I'm just > wondering if there are other things I should look at that could > determine if this is normal behavior or indicative of a real issue. > > I do most of my Tomcat app monitoring using jconsole, jvisualvm, and > the Oracle OEM for looking for connection pool leaks there (not an easy > task). > > Any help is appreciated. > > Jeff
You might try the procedure in this URL to further isolate the issue: https://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/general/troubleshooting-nonpaged-and-paged-pool-errors-in-windows/ If you have the ability, you might also try disconnecting your Webapps and Oracle and see if simply running Tomcat by itself still displays the same behavior; if so, then the issue is probably Tomcat, rather than a Webapp or Oracle. If you are not using the latest version of Tomcat 6.0, you might also want to try upgrading and see if the behavior changes, as it is possible there are memory leaks in earlier versions of Tomcat (some of the Tomcat developers can speak to that). Jeffrey Harris This e-mail and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named herein and may contain proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail or believe that you received this email in error, please take immediate action to notify the sender of the apparent error by reply e-mail; permanently delete the e-mail and any attachments from your computer; and do not disseminate, distribute, use, or copy this message and any attachments. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
