David, Tomcat is running as a Windows service, and the "jvm" startup parameter is set to: "C:\j2sdk1.4.2_11\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll". Do I also need to pass a "-server" parameter?
Thanks, -Bill David Delbecq-2 wrote: > > Hi, > > check the jvm runs in "server" mode (check there is a '-server' > parameter given to jvm startup). Server and client mode have different > GC mecanisms. > Bill Clarke-Fields a écrit : >> Hi, >> We are running an application on Tomcat 5.0.28 with Java 1.4.2. The >> usage >> of the application is very cyclical. It is used heavily during the day, >> and >> lightly at night. During peak daytime hours, a full garbage collection >> takes less than 2 seconds, which is fine. However, after a long period >> of >> inactivity in the evening, a full garbage collection will be triggered >> and >> take a very long time. Sometimes over a minute! >> >> Is there any way to avoid this long garbage collection? Why does it take >> so >> long? (Maybe because it is filling up with many small objects over time >> rather than a few larger objects?) >> >> Thanks for your help. >> -Bill >> >> p.s. Upgrading to a newer version of Tomcat or Java is unfortunately not >> an >> option at this point. >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Very-Long-Full-GC-after-Inactivity-tf4589459.html#a13101254 Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]