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88% memory consumption by java

We are in the process of upgrading to Wowza Streaming Engine, but while we are still on 3.6.4, we are having memory retention issues consuming 88% memory and I thought I haven’t tested this in 4.2, I am concerned that the same thing will happen there.

I took a heapdump of the java process and surprisingly saw that the top consumers and heap retention are:

Class Name	Shallow Heap	Retained Heap	Percentage	Retained Heap
com.wowza.wms.httpstreamer.cupertinostreaming.livestreampacketizer.LiveStreamPacketizerCupertino @ 0x6a7b309f8	432	179717328	0.21372	179717328
com.wowza.wms.httpstreamer.sanjosestreaming.livestreampacketizer.LiveStreamPacketizerSanJose @ 0x67bc6fcb0	304	175720952	0.20897	175720952
com.wowza.wms.httpstreamer.cupertinostreaming.livestreampacketizer.LiveStreamPacketizerCupertino @ 0x6a7b2fac8	432	41947360	0.04988	41947360
com.wowza.wms.httpstreamer.sanjosestreaming.livestreampacketizer.LiveStreamPacketizerSanJose @ 0x67c580798	304	40966480	0.04872	40966480
com.wowza.wms.httpstreamer.smoothstreaming.livestreampacketizer.LiveStreamPacketizerSmoothStreaming @ 0x60cc2e4d8	352	40408176	0.04805	40408176
com.wowza.wms.httpstreamer.cupertinostreaming.livestreampacketizer.LiveStreamPacketizerCupertino @ 0x6aa83f720	432	22831336	0.02715	22831336

In summary, LiveStreamPacketizerCupertino and LiveStreamPacketizerSanJose are consuming 21% and 20% of the heap respectively and retaining. What could be causing this?

I have httpOriginMode enabled being pulled by EdgeCast for viewership consumption.

This is was answered in the created support ticket (138169)

Andy E