I am trying to use java in an environment where the virtual memory is limited to 2GB by ulimit -v 2000000
but I get memory errors. Running java -version
in this environment gives:
$ java -version
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
No matter how low I set -Xmx
, I cannot get java to run under this environment. However, if ulimit -v
is set to 2.5GB, then I can set -Xmx
to 250m, but no higher.
$ java -Xmx250m -version
java version "1.7.0_19"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.3.9.1.el6_4-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)
$ java -Xmx251m -version
#
# There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue.
# pthread_getattr_np
java version "1.7.0_19"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.3.9.1.el6_4-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# ~/hs_err_pid12079.log
Is it possible to use java in an environment where ulimit is used to limit the virtual memory?