When we see these errors in the tomcat logs...
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space ... we do a thread dump and examine the memory numbers, resulting in output such as the following... PSYoungGen total 95808K, used 22323K [0x00002aaac3770000, 0x00002aaaca210000, 0x00002aaaca210000) eden space 82432K, 10% used [0x00002aaac3770000,0x00002aaac402f7f8,0x00002aaac87f0000) from space 13376K, 99% used [0x00002aaac87f0000,0x00002aaac94fd5a8,0x00002aaac9500000) to space 13376K, 0% used [0x00002aaac9500000,0x00002aaac9500000,0x00002aaaca210000) PSOldGen total 177792K, used 144800K [0x00002aaab6210000, 0x00002aaac0fb0000, 0x00002aaac3770000) object space 177792K, 81% used [0x00002aaab6210000,0x00002aaabef78110,0x00002aaac0fb0000) PSPermGen total 120960K, used 65149K [0x00002aaaae210000, 0x00002aaab5830000, 0x00002aaab6210000) object space 120960K, 53% used [0x00002aaaae210000,0x00002aaab21af440,0x00002aaab5830000) Which of those lines represents the heap space? --Eric