On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 04:12:16PM -0600, Montz, James C. (James Tower) wrote:
: On a related note, It would appear to me that java is not adhering to
: the -Xmx option;
: 
: I have several instances that report using 3-4X RSS Memory what -Xmx is
: set to.

Keep in mind, -Xmx and -Xms are options for the heap.  In turn, the heap
is the raw memory space where the JVM creates objects. 

The JVM often uses more memory than the heap for its internal
housekeeping and such.  I don't recall having seen it use as much as 3-4
times the heap allocation, but I suppose it's possible.

-QM

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