Swap space maxing out - JVM dying
- by travega
I have a server running 3 WordPress instances, MySql, Apache and the play framework 2.0 on 64m initial & max heap. If I increase the max heap of the JVM that play is running in even by 16m I see the 128m of swap space steadily fill up until the the JVM dies.
I notice that it is only when I am plugging away at the wordpress sites that the JVM will die. I assume this is because the JVM is not asking for memory at the time so gets collected.
I notice that when I restart Apache I reclaim about half of my swap and RAM. So is there some way I can configure apache to consume less memory? Also what could be causing the swap space to get so heavily thrashed with just 16m added to the max heap size of the JVM?
Server running: Ubuntu 12.04
RAM: 408m
Swap: 128m
Apache mods:
alias.conf
alias.load
auth_basic.load
authn_file.load
authz_default.load
authz_groupfile.load
authz_host.load
authz_user.load
autoindex.conf
autoindex.load
cgi.load
deflate.conf
deflate.load
dir.conf
dir.load
env.load
mime.conf
mime.load
negotiation.conf
negotiation.load
php5.conf
php5.load
proxy_ajp.load
proxy_balancer.conf
proxy_balancer.load
proxy.conf
proxy_connect.load
proxy_ftp.conf
proxy_ftp.load
proxy_http.load
proxy.load
reqtimeout.conf
reqtimeout.load
rewrite.load
setenvif.conf
setenvif.load
status.conf
status.load
