I have a very similar problem: sleeping processes (threads) increasing, free memory decreasing... And still couldn't get a solution from the list... Currently I have to restart tomcat every night!
Joao Filipe Placido > -----Original Message----- > From: Laxmikanth M.S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: terça-feira, 14 de Janeiro de 2003 9:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TOMCAT - MEMORY PROBLEM > > Hi all, > I have installed tomcat4.1.12 / Apache 1.3.27 with JDK 1.3.04 in Linux > I have 1GB RAM...when I start the server and check the memory usage it > shows > 100MB use so balance 900MB is there but day by day the memory consumption > is increasing and after 5 days I saw 550MB used when I checked the > processes > using "ps -aux" command I found lot of jdk1.3 processes .... and it keeps > on > increasing....My assumption is jdk processes are not getting > released.....how this can be solved ... is there any explicit way to > release > unwanted processes...why this happens > details below > > ************************************************************************** > ** > ************************************************************************** > ** > > 5:25pm up 5 days, 3:41, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > 123 processes: 122 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped > CPU states: 0.3% user, 0.1% system, 0.0% nice, 3.0% idle > Mem: 1028864K av, 434108K used, 594756K free, 48K shrd, 91604K > buff > Swap: 2096472K av, 0K used, 2096472K free 163456K > cached > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME > COMMAND > root 9651 0.0 10.2 278088 105460 ? S > Jan10 > 0:01 /usr/local/jdk1.3 > > ************************************************************************** > ** > ************************************************************************** > ** > > THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR HELP > Laxmikanth > ********************************************************************* > Disclaimer: The information in this e-mail and any attachments is > confidential / privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee or > addressees. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message, you > may > not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should > destroy > this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise > immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for > messages of this kind. > ********************************************************************* -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>