> From: Jerry Malcolm [mailto:techst...@malcolms.com] 
> Subject: Refreshing webapps slows server

> I have a very weird situation.

Actually, it's fairly common.

> This is somewhat circumstantial.  But TC will run fine for days and 
> never hits OutofMemory situations.  But as soon as I start replacing 
> webapp jar files, things start going bad.  So it appears that the issue 
> is caused by replacing jar files.

This sounds like a classic case of retaining references to now obsolete
classes or instances thereof.  Take a look at the Wiki:
        https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Memory
especially, the link to "classloaders are not being garbage collected" and
these:
        https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/OutOfMemory
        https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/MemoryLeakProtection

 - Chuck


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