java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen while building BRMS or BPM Suite kbases

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Issue

  • Many times a BRMS or BPM Suite application crashes the JVM with the message below after building a kbase:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space
  • We have noticed that the caching of rules for the first time does take a lot of memory but then it never runs out of memory. It is only when we update the rules.
  • When the application downloads a set of new rules in JBoss BRMS, what is happening to the permanent generation space ?

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Business Rule Management System (BRMS)

    • 5.x
    • 6.0.x

  • Red Hat JBoss Business Process Management Suite (BPM Suite)

    • 6.0.x

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