> After a day of wasted effort, I discovered that using "-server" to set > the hotspot VM to server mode cured the problem entirely. The heap > usage sat at around 5 - 6MB indefinitely. Apparently, when garbage > collection is performed, memory is only freed until a certain threshold > is reached. After that, the client VM decides that's enough until the > high water mark is reached once more. > > The moral of the story is that not all memory consumption is leakage.
and that -server is a necessity for java applications with long uptimes. d. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
