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I have a java application with the arguments below but the heap is not getting reclaimed even when the total free space is greater than 45% (can see via visual VM). Is there any reason that the JVM wouldnt free that heap space? The same settings work as expected in Java6. Running Java5 runtime and compile time
java -jar -Xmx1024m -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=15 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=45 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError <myjarname>
We believe we have found an answer to the question. The systems we are running are server class machines with multiple CPUs the JRE was detecting the multiple CPUs and setting the GC to use parallel instead of serial GC which is not compatible with the XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio setting.