Why does the Java VM process eat up more RAM then specified in -Xmx parameter?
- by evilpenguin
I have multiple servers running CentOS 5.4 and only one application running on Java VM. I've configured the Java VM with the following arguments:
java -Xmx4500M -server -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:NewSize=1024m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote=true
The machines I'm running the VM on has 6 GB…