[geeks] Showing values used by a jvm - I am not getting something

Jonathan Katz jon at jonworld.com
Thu Feb 28 15:54:44 CST 2013


On Feb 28, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Dunbar <brian.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:

> For years, I guess, when I wanted to know at a glance the min/max
> values assigned to a particular java process I 'ps -ef | grep java'

Unless it's an internal heap property used by the app (which is possible) you
have NOT changed the JVM settings at all.

Many app vendors use their own heap sizes in JVMs to avoid garbage collection
"deadlock" issues.


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