[IPT] Problem with setenv.sh

[Peter Desmet]

Thanks, that worked.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:16 AM, "Markus Döring (GBIF)"
<mdoering at gbif.org> wrote:
> Peter,
> I usually specify the memory settings and other java options directly inside
> the tomcat/bin/catalina.sh script.
> If you add at the top of the file, just below the comments explaining the
> parameters, this line:
>
>
> # increase memory
> JAVA_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx2024M"
>
>
>
> you should then be using up to 2gig of memory.
> You can change the *maximum* amount of memory usable by the Java Virtual
> Machine by changing -Xmx2024M to your desired size.
>
> The easiest way to monitor the real memory consumption on a mac is to open
> /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor and watch your processes.
> Does this work for you?
>
> Markus
>
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2009, at 16:53, Peter Desmet wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I wanted to increase the memory of Tomcat, so I copied the setenv.sh
>> Tim provided to the bin directory, but this breaks Tomcat
>> (http://localhost:8080/ can not be found). Removing the file and
>> restarting Tomcat fixes the problem.
>> I also discovered some warnings in Terminal when I want to
>> ./shutdown.sh Tomcat, which weren't there before.
>>
>> Are there other ways to increase the memory, and how can I check how
>> much memory is allocated to Tomcat?
>>
>> I use apache-tomcat-6.0.18 on Mac OS X (10.5.6) with 4GB SDRAM.
>> The setenv.sh file contains Tim's:
>> export JAVA_OPTS="-server -XX:+UseParallelGC -Xmx2048m
>> -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -Xms1024m -Djava.awt.headless=true"
>>
>> Peter
>>
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>> biodiversité
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>>
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>



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Peter Desmet
Biodiversity Informatics Manager / Directeur de l'informatique de la
biodiversité
Montréal Biodiversity Centre / Centre sur la biodiversité de Montréal

Institut de recherche en biologie végétale
Université de Montréal
4101, rue Sherbrooke est
Montréal, Québec, H1X 2B2
Canada

Télé / Phone: 514-872-5249
Télécopie / Fax: 514-872-9406
Email: peter.desmet.cubc at gmail.com