Why is the JVM consuming less memory than the configured max heap?
Issue
- The OS shows memory usage that is significantly less than our JVM's configured max heap size. Why is that? Shouldn't the OS show memory usage at least greater than our max heap if the heap config is honored?
Environment
- Java
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
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