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slow memory leak

hi,

I detected there is a slow memory leak of java when wowza is running

when I stop wowza, no issue but when I start it and I let it up during one week, it increases slowly and never releases it

any idea what’s the problem ?

I use :

Wowza Media Server 3 Perpetual Edition 3.1.2 build1624

Java Version: 1.7.0_05 (64 bits)

and I configured setenv.sh with : JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx4000M"

my server has :

4 vCPU

4 GB RAM

Regards

Nicolas

Hi

Which GC are you using?

Jason

Nicolas,

Take a look at the tuning guide

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-performance-tuning

And take a look at JMX/JConsole

https://www.wowza.com/docs/quick-start-guides

Use JConsole to monitor memory use in Wowza.

Richard

Nicolas,

Why do you think there is a memory leak? You’d need a good understanding of Jconsole and Java GC to identify such a thing. Java doesn’t necessarily lower committed memory after a GC run.

Look into these settings to understand how Java frees up allocated RAM:

-XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=

-XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=

You can lower your heap size if you’d like more RAM to be available: -Xmx2000M

Nicolas,

Why do you think there is a memory leak? You’d need a good understanding of Jconsole and Java GC to identify such a thing. Java doesn’t necessarily lower committed memory after a GC run.

Hi Randall,

I can see memory leak because each day when I do a “top”, I can see that java is using each day more and more memory.

Sorry I’m not a java expert, so tell me how to know GC used ?

And again, it’s just because of “top” command that I see this memory usage increases… if it’s normal, np, it was just a question :slight_smile:

Regards

Nicolas