Confluence instance virtual Memory exceeds the set heap memory

Question

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 · Answer

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]