Confluence instance virtual Memory exceeds the set heap memory

[Julio Mugabe]

Hi folks,

When I run the "top" linux command, it shows the confluence virtual memory is 49gb and yet we set the heap min and max as 20gb. What could be causing this spike?

[Pedro Cora]

Julio,

Take a look at the following links that might explain this behaviour:

[JVM Exceeds Maximum Memory defined with Xmx| http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12292368/jvm-exceeds-maximum-memory-defined-with-xmx]

[Java Memory Overhead| http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2721258/java-memory-overhead]