> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] 
> Subject: Re: [OT] Tomcat on Linux

> > It looks to me like the memory just gets fragmented and 
> > eventually things fail.

> I'm not sure what you mean by "fragmentation"... the JVM 
> does a pretty good job of managing memory and preventing 
> fragmentation.

True - the heap cannot become fragmented (unless you have native methods that 
pin objects in place), but the rest of the process space can.  That's the fault 
of the OS or library modules in use.

 - Chuck


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