Hello all, We have been running a configuration in production with 3 solr instances under one tomcat with 16GB allocated to the JVM. (java -Xmx16384m -Xms16384m) I just noticed the warning in the LucidWorks Certified Distribution Reference Guide that warns against using more than 2GB (see below). Are other people using systems with over 2GB allocated to the JVM?
What steps can we take to determine if performance is being adversely affected by the large heap size? “The larger the heap the longer it takes to do garbage collection. This can mean minor, random pauses or, in extreme cases, “freeze the world” pauses of a minute or more. As a practical matter, this can become a serious problem for heap sizes that exceed about two gigabytes, even if far more physical memory is available.” http://www.lucidimagination.com/search/document/CDRG_ch08_8.4.1?q=memory%20caching Tom Burton-West ---------------------- <lst name="jvm"> <str name="version">14.2-b01</str> <str name="name">Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM</str> <int name="processors">16</int> − <lst name="memory"> <str name="free">2.3 GB</str> <str name="total">15.3 GB</str> <str name="max">15.3 GB</str> <str name="used">13.1 GB (%85.3)</str> </lst>
