JBoss uses more memory than expected on RHEL6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • JBoss is consuming more and more memory, a lot more than configured.
  • A 2.5 GB heap, 1GB perm gen, thread stack, and JVM process are consuming 7GB on RHEL and only 4.5 to 5GB on solaris.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Java

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