[IDV #SRS-784269]: PermGen error and memory issues

I wouldn't have a problem with 128 MB - I don't think it would hurt anything, 
although we should do some checks to make sure that the automagic memory 
management does not allocate too much memory for the edge cases when a user 
puts something like "Use 99% of available memory" in their system preferences.

Sean

> 64m does not work on a mac, so the default has to be 128.  What if that
> was the default for all OS's?
> 
> Don
> 
> On 4/3/12 10:00 AM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > The default minimum for the JVM is 64 MB. I think as long as the IDV can 
> > startup at 64 MB, we set it to that. We can recommend that Mac users bump 
> > it up to 128 MB (or maybe we can edit the Mac installer to use 128 MB by 
> > default). I just think it would be nice to get this in the release. As far 
> > as git, if you'd like to sit down and go through a few "branch, hack, 
> > commit, push" cycles, I'd be happy to do so!
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >> Sean-
> >>
> >> The tricky think is what to use as a minimum.  I think that varies from
> >> system to system.  On the mac, it seems like 128 is a bare minimum.  And
> >> then you have to worry about how much total memory the user has.  I have
> >> versions of runIDV and runIDV.bat which go along with the user
> >> preference.  I can send those to you if you want.  I'm not having fun
> >> with Git - otherwise, I'd make a branch. ;-)
> >>
> >> Don
> >>
> >> On 4/3/12 9:01 AM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>> Hi Don!
> >>>
> >>> I was (finally) looking into the PermGen stuff and noticed that you 
> >>> checked in some code back in December to handle this in the System 
> >>> Preference Tab, as well as code to handle saving the preference - 
> >>> awesome! I did some testing with jvisualvm to see how the PermGen space 
> >>> changed while abusing the IDV, and with 6 GB I was able to get 108 MB (I 
> >>> loaded about 20 or so bundles, has 12 views as well as data panels, 
> >>> etc.), so I would say 512 MB is a good upper limit. If you want, I can 
> >>> open a ticket on Redmine for discussion on the topic so that we can get 
> >>> your work in the tree...this will really help windows users, as they get 
> >>> a bit finicky when they have to edit the runIDV.bat script using admin 
> >>> privileges.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> Sean
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Sean-
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for looking into this.  It's becoming more and more of an
> >>>> annoyance (especially on MacOS) and I'm surprised that no one has
> >>>> written in to complain (besides me).
> >>>>
> >>>> I've been using 256 and 512 (depending on how much memory I allocate to
> >>>> the IDV which varies between 2 and 8 GB).
> >>>>
> >>>> I think we need to allow the user to set it through the system tab of
> >>>> the user preferences in case the default doesn't work.  I think starting
> >>>> small (i.e. 128) would be fine and the UI could just be an editable
> >>>> combo box of 128, 256, 512 (editable so the user can type in their own
> >>>> amount if they want).  The selected value would be used in the
> >>>> runIDV/runIDV.bat scripts.
> >>>>
> >>>> Let me know if you have any questions about how to implement this.
> >>>>
> >>>> Don
> >>>>
> >>>> On 10/7/11 2:02 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>>>> Don,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What would be the downside of adding -XX:MaxPermSize=128m to runIDV? 
> >>>>> 128 MB seems to keep things under control on my system (I think the 
> >>>>> default is 64MB).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sean
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi-
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> During the recent AAP workshop, we were running the IDV under CentOS in
> >>>>>> a virtual machine set up under Oracle's Virtual Box.  The native system
> >>>>>> had 2 GB of memory and the VM's were set up to allocate 1.5 GB.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The first problem was that the IDV only allocated 512 MB of the 1.5
> >>>>>> available.  This caused problems loading satellite images and any other
> >>>>>> raster data.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The second issue was getting PermGen errors.  This seems to be cropping
> >>>>>> up more and more.  At the very least, there should be an FAQ item on
> >>>>>> this, but it might be useful to have a permgen setting in the System 
> >>>>>> tab
> >>>>>> of the Preferences so the users don't have to edit runIDV to account 
> >>>>>> for
> >>>>>> this.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Don
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Don Murray
> >>>>>> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> >>>>>> 303-497-3596
> >>>>>> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ticket Details
> >>>>> ===================
> >>>>> Ticket ID: SRS-784269
> >>>>> Department: Support IDV
> >>>>> Priority: Critical
> >>>>> Status: Open
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Don Murray
> >>>> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> >>>> 303-497-3596
> >>>> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ticket Details
> >>> ===================
> >>> Ticket ID: SRS-784269
> >>> Department: Support IDV
> >>> Priority: Critical
> >>> Status: Open
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Don Murray
> >> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> >> 303-497-3596
> >> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: SRS-784269
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Critical
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> --
> Don Murray
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> 303-497-3596
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SRS-784269
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Critical
Status: Open