Why ECC Managed Server Memory Usage is Higher Than Expected When Using Linux "top" Command ? (Doc ID 3058604.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework - Version 12.2.12 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

ECC Managed Server process is configured to use a maximum memory of 2 Gb as described by the Xmx2048M parameter.

But when checking using the top command, it was observed that it uses almost 15 Gb of virtual size and 2.6 of resident memory.

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
3664598 xxxxxx 20 0 14.7g 2.6g 1688 S 0.3 4.1 325:43.85 java

What could be the cause?

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