32G ram
 

hi all
i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not create the Java Virtual Machine"

/root>free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 32387 16973 15413 0 243 11906
-/+ buffers/cache: 4823 27563
Swap: 1906 0 1906
/root>uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.9-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Dec 4 14:15:28 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

thanks
from Peter (cmk128@hotmail.com)

Re: 32G ram
 

On 12/16/2012 10:05 PM, mcheung63@gmail.com wrote:
> i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not create the Java Virtual Machine"
>
> /root>free -m
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 32387 16973 15413 0 243 11906
> -/+ buffers/cache: 4823 27563
> Swap: 1906 0 1906
> /root>uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.9-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Dec 4 14:15:28 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

32 bit or 64 bit Java?

Arne

Re: 32G ram
 

On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:05:11 -0800 (PST), mcheung63@gmail.com wrote,
quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>hi all
> i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not create the Java Virtual Machine"
try using m for megabytes.
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Re: 32G ram
 

On 12/17/2012 3:39 AM, Donkey Hottie wrote:
> 17.12.2012 05:09, Arne Vajhøj kirjoitti:
>> On 12/16/2012 10:05 PM, mcheung63@gmail.com wrote:
>>> i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not
>>> create the Java Virtual Machine"
>>>
>>> /root>free -m
>>> total used free shared buffers
>>> cached
>>> Mem: 32387 16973 15413 0 243 11906
>>> -/+ buffers/cache: 4823 27563
>>> Swap: 1906 0 1906
>>> /root>uname -a
>>> Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.9-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Dec 4
>>> 14:15:28 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> 32 bit or 64 bit Java?
>
> Apparently 32 bit, as the i686 OS is 32 bit PAE too.

Then that explains it.

32 bit Java on x86 usually only allows for around 1.7 GB
of heap space.

Arne

Re: 32G ram
 

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Donkey Hottie wrote:
>> Arne Vajhøj kirjoitti:
>>> mcheung63 wrote:
>>>> i [sic] got 32GB ram, why i [sic] can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not
>>>> create the Java Virtual Machine"

Because you allocated all the available memory to the heap, and none to theJVM
or class space, stack, ... .

How much RAM you have is irrelevant; it's how much RAM you are allowed to allocate
per process with a 32-bit Java.

Assuming the other posters are correct and you're using a 32-bit system. Are you?

That might have been good to tell us in the beginning.

>>>> /root>free -m
>>>> total used free shared buffers
>>>> cached
>>>> Mem: 32387 16973 15413 0 243 11906
>>>> -/+ buffers/cache: 4823 27563
>>>> Swap: 1906 0 1906
>>>> /root>uname -a
>>>> Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.9-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Dec 4
>>>> 14:15:28 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> 32 bit or 64 bit Java?
>
>> Apparently 32 bit, as the i686 OS is 32 bit PAE too.
>
> Then that explains it.
>
> 32 bit Java on x86 usually only allows for around 1.7 GB
> of heap space.

Bear in mind, OP, that "2 GB" is the maximum allocation for the *entire process*, not
just the heap. If you allocate the whole amount for heap, that leaves nothing for stack
or the interpreter. That's why it fails.

So the 1.7 GB or so is all you can get and still leave room for Java itself..

But why, pray tell, are you using a 32-bit system?

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Re: 32G ram
 

On 12/17/2012 3:31 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:05:11 -0800 (PST), mcheung63@gmail.com wrote,
> quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>> i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not create the Java Virtual Machine"
> try using m for megabytes.

Really. You don't think Java can do that calculation correct??

Arne

PS: It can!

Re: 32G ram
 

On 17/12/12 08:39, Donkey Hottie wrote:
> 17.12.2012 05:09, Arne Vajhøj kirjoitti:
>> On 12/16/2012 10:05 PM, mcheung63@gmail.com wrote:
>>> i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not
>>> create the Java Virtual Machine"
>>>
>>> /root>free -m
>>> total used free shared buffers
>>> cached
>>> Mem: 32387 16973 15413 0 243 11906
>>> -/+ buffers/cache: 4823 27563
>>> Swap: 1906 0 1906
>>> /root>uname -a
>>> Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.9-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Dec 4
>>> 14:15:28 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> 32 bit or 64 bit Java?
>>
>> Arne
>>
>>
>
> Apparently 32 bit, as the i686 OS is 32 bit PAE too.
>

32bit Java on 32bit Linux should allow an application of up to 4GB. How
much can of that can be allocated to the heap depends on the particular
application. I've allocated more than 2G to heap on a 32bit Linux
system, see this old thread on Google Groups:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=...er/iGr3bxL9ZCA

There may be a per-process limit. Try "ulimit -a" to see what limits the
sysadmin has set.

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Re: 32G ram
 

On 12/18/2012 3:19 AM, Nigel Wade wrote:
> On 17/12/12 08:39, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>> 17.12.2012 05:09, Arne Vajhøj kirjoitti:
>>> On 12/16/2012 10:05 PM, mcheung63@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not
>>>> create the Java Virtual Machine"
>>>>
>>>> /root>free -m
>>>> total used free shared buffers
>>>> cached
>>>> Mem: 32387 16973 15413 0 243
>>>> 11906
>>>> -/+ buffers/cache: 4823 27563
>>>> Swap: 1906 0 1906
>>>> /root>uname -a
>>>> Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.9-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Dec 4
>>>> 14:15:28 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> 32 bit or 64 bit Java?
>>>
>>> Arne
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Apparently 32 bit, as the i686 OS is 32 bit PAE too.
>>
>
> 32bit Java on 32bit Linux should allow an application of up to 4GB. How
> much can of that can be allocated to the heap depends on the particular
> application. I've allocated more than 2G to heap on a 32bit Linux
> system, see this old thread on Google Groups:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=...er/iGr3bxL9ZCA
>
>
> There may be a per-process limit. Try "ulimit -a" to see what limits the
> sysadmin has set.
>

you only get a 4GB process limit if the kernel is built with a special
option, which gives 4GB per process but at the cost of making switching
to/from kernel-space (such as in a system call) slower.

in a more typical setup, it is 3GB for application, 1GB for kernel.
this sets an effective upper limit of 3GB which the application can use.

32-bit Windows currently has the same limit, although older versions
only allowed around 2GB per application (the other 2GB was: 1GB shared
memory, 1GB kernel).

Re: 32G ram
 

On 12/18/2012 4:19 AM, Nigel Wade wrote:
> On 17/12/12 08:39, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>> 17.12.2012 05:09, Arne Vajhøj kirjoitti:
>>> On 12/16/2012 10:05 PM, mcheung63@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not
>>>> create the Java Virtual Machine"
>>>>
>>>> /root>free -m
>>>> total used free shared buffers
>>>> cached
>>>> Mem: 32387 16973 15413 0 243
>>>> 11906
>>>> -/+ buffers/cache: 4823 27563
>>>> Swap: 1906 0 1906
>>>> /root>uname -a
>>>> Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.9-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Dec 4
>>>> 14:15:28 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> 32 bit or 64 bit Java?
>>
>> Apparently 32 bit, as the i686 OS is 32 bit PAE too.
>
> 32bit Java on 32bit Linux should allow an application of up to 4GB. How
> much can of that can be allocated to the heap depends on the particular
> application. I've allocated more than 2G to heap on a 32bit Linux
> system, see this old thread on Google Groups:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=...er/iGr3bxL9ZCA

32 bit Java can in theory use up to 3 GB on 32 bit OS on x86 if the
border between process and system is changed (/3GB). But on Windows
JRocket is supposedly the only Java that can do it.

32 bit Java can never use 4 GB on 32 bit OS on x86, because that
does not leave any address space for the OS.

32 bit Java can use 4 GB on 64 bit OS on x86, because the OS
are running in 64 bit addresses (or something like that), if various
requirements are in place. I don't know what Java versions support
that.

Arne

Re: 32G ram
 

On 19/12/12 01:22, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/18/2012 4:19 AM, Nigel Wade wrote:
>> On 17/12/12 08:39, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>>> 17.12.2012 05:09, Arne Vajhøj kirjoitti:
>>>> On 12/16/2012 10:05 PM, mcheung63@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> i got 32GB ram, why i can't -Xmx2G, it got an error "Could not
>>>>> create the Java Virtual Machine"
>>>>>
>>>>> /root>free -m
>>>>> total used free shared buffers
>>>>> cached
>>>>> Mem: 32387 16973 15413 0 243
>>>>> 11906
>>>>> -/+ buffers/cache: 4823 27563
>>>>> Swap: 1906 0 1906
>>>>> /root>uname -a
>>>>> Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.9-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Dec 4
>>>>> 14:15:28 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>> 32 bit or 64 bit Java?
>>>
>>> Apparently 32 bit, as the i686 OS is 32 bit PAE too.
>>
>> 32bit Java on 32bit Linux should allow an application of up to 4GB. How
>> much can of that can be allocated to the heap depends on the particular
>> application. I've allocated more than 2G to heap on a 32bit Linux
>> system, see this old thread on Google Groups:
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=...er/iGr3bxL9ZCA
>>
>
> 32 bit Java can in theory use up to 3 GB on 32 bit OS on x86 if the
> border between process and system is changed (/3GB). But on Windows
> JRocket is supposedly the only Java that can do it.

Sorry, yes, I had confused myself by thinking about PAE. For normal
32bit systems this is true.

>
> 32 bit Java can never use 4 GB on 32 bit OS on x86, because that
> does not leave any address space for the OS.

However, the OP is using a PAE kernel. That should theoretically allow a
per-process limit of 4GB. I've never had the chance to use PAE kernels
on PAE supported hardware, but IIRC that's what PAE is for, isn't it?

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