-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sharon,
Sharon French wrote: > Is it possible that the initial OutOfMemory error occurs when a large > garbage collection is taking place and an OutOfMemoryError is thrown > before the memory can be reclaimed Yes. In fact, this is often when OOMs occur, since the JVM is trying hard to avoid the OOM in the first place. > throwing the whole system into > some sort of bad state? After an OOM is thrown, the JVM is basically completely hosed. > If so, how do we combat this behavior? Fix resource leaks, allocate an appropriate amount of memory, and limit resource use to avoid OOMs in the first place. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFylVl9CaO5/Lv0PARAm/9AJ44AJe4/kUr/nLl9v+g92UbRlQ4HQCcD9YM QEiVxUfHWvr5WV/LBY9jO2o= =f9jZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
