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From: Robin Wyles <rob@robinwyles.com>
Subject: Re: Finally figured out the memory settings for Windows server
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:17:45 +0100
To: users@cocoon.apache.org

Derek,

On 2 Nov 2004, at 07:42, Derek Hohls wrote:

> Being the eternal optimist, I would like to ask if
> anyone know how to do this for Tomcat 4.x.... there
> is no "Configure Tomcat" on the Windows menu?


It's a while since I ran Tomcat under Windows, but I believe you can 
set the JAVA_OPTS environment variable by editing the 
tomcat_home/bin/catalina.bat e.g:

set JAVA_OPTS=-Xms128m -Xmx512m

Robin


>
>
>>>> GSchultz@commerce.state.wi.us 2004/11/01 05:03:08 PM >>>
> Thanks to all who provided assistance.
>
> I figured it out for Windows server. Go to Start->Programs->Apache
> Tomcat
> 5.0->Configure Tomcat. This will open up a dialog box to change
> settings.
> Click the middle tab, Java VM. There is a text area to add Java
> Options.
> After the last entry, -Xrs, add -Xms<value> -Xmx<value>, where these
> are the
> minimum size and maximum size of memory usage for the Java virtual
> machine
> (JVM). Click Apply or OK, and restart the Tomcat service.
>
> One of the reasons I didn't think of this originally is that Apache
> Tomcat
> 5.0 was missing from Start-Programs on my development server. I like to
> test
> in development before testing in production. Once I figured this out I
> reinstalled Tomcat on my development server, which placed Apache Tomcat
> 5.0
> in Start->Programs. From there I was able to set and test the memory
> settings for the JVM in development, and eventually place these into
> production. The XSP that hits the Oracle database now flies. I can
> gather a
> 10947 record, 9.5 megabyte data stream quickly. It's an entirely new
> web
> site. It really performs well. I can't believe the improvement in
> performance I received with the new memory settings.
>
> The increased performance isn't only with Cocoon. Performance of our
> ArcIMS
> applications has increased considerably.
>
> Once again, thanks to all who provided assistance.
>
> Gary T. Schultz
> Web Technical Administrator / GIS Coordinator
> Wisconsin Department of Commerce
> 6th Floor
> P.O. Box 7970
> Madison, WI
> 1-608-266-1283
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schultz, Gary - COMM [mailto:GSchultz@commerce.state.wi.us]
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:51 AM
> To: 'users@cocoon.apache.org'
> Subject: Desperately seeking assistance and/or information on memory
> setti ngs
>
>
> I'm desperately seeking a real working solution to memory management
> in
> Java-Tomcat-Cocoon in Windows. I continue to run into low memory
> errors. I
> researched the Cocoon wiki, Java web sites and Tomcat web sites, but
> none of
> the solutions appears to work. I can't get Cocoon to use more than the
> default 64 MB of memory allotted by the JVM. I had initially gotten
> Cocoon
> to free up 50% of the available memory, so I had 64 Meg in use, with
> around
> 30 Meg free. This initially help me with an XSP issue, but now when I
> check
> Cocoon status I see that memory is getting low again, sometimes the
> status
> page will show just over 1 meg of free memory. My XSP no longer works.
>
>
> Our configuration:
>
> 2.4 GHz Xeon Processor Compaq server
> 2.5 Gigabytes RAM
> Windows 2000 (5.00.2195 Service Pack 4)
> J2SDK 1.4.2_03
> Apache 2.0.49
> Tomcat 5.0.18
> Cocoon 2.1.5.1
>
> I trying to sell Cocoon as a tool to help with a project at work. If I
> can't
> get consistent results with the XSP, management will not go with Cocoon
> and
> will turn to another solution. This will be a major set back for
> greater use
> of Cocoon in our agency. I'm also trying to sell other agencies in
> Wisconsin
> on the benefits of Cocoon, but this recent set back will only make my
> efforts more difficult.
>
> Any assistance I can get is greatly appreciated. I would like to see
> Cocoon
> used for tasks other than a simple web publishing system. But the way
> it
> looks right now, that will be a hard sell in my agency and to other
> State of
> Wisconsin government agencies.
>
> Gary T. Schultz
> Web Technical Administrator / GIS Coordinator
> Wisconsin Department of Commerce
> 6th Floor
> P.O. Box 7970
> Madison, WI
> 1-608-266-1283
>
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