Given this information at the top of the jmap -heap output:
Heap Configuration: ... PermSize = 16777216 (16.0MB) MaxPermSize = 67108864 (64.0MB) Doesn't this mean that I can grow to 64M of PermGen space? I do see the capacity of PermGen increase over time (with analogous increases in the used field). I'm wondering if I may be running into an OutOfMemoryError because I've run out of available PermGen space, requiring changes to the heap generation partitions and this re-partitioning requires so much time/effort that the ergonomics factor is kicking in (as explained in section 5.2.2 of http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc5.0/gc_tuning_5.html#0.0.0.0.Ergonomics%2 0in%20the%20throughput%20collector%7Coutline)? However, the error message I am getting is: "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space" rather than a "perm space" message. Can this message be trusted? Or could this be a PermGen issue? Thank you for your help, Sharon French -----Original Message----- From: Nikola Milutinovic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:05 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: OutOfMemoryError (but not really out of memory?) cause tomcat processes to hang > > PS Perm Generation > > capacity = 22675456 (21.625MB) > > used = 22515408 (21.472366333007812MB) > > free = 160048 (0.1526336669921875MB) > > 99.2941795746026% used Here is the failure. PermGen is getting exhausted. Nix. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]