Java's memory consumption inside a Openshift 4 container

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The article Why does the JVM consume more memory than the amount given to -Xmx? covers a core detail on how Red Hat OpenJDK's (and Java 8+) in general behaves in terms of memory usage, where the heap is just part of the total JVM memory consumption and the other part is the off-heap (so called native usage).

Specifically in terms o...

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