Confluence Uses More Memory Than The Total Allocated Memory in System Information Screen
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Problem
Confluence shows a number in the "Total Allocated Memory" of System Information screen that is lower than the number shown in the server's resource monitor for the Confluence instance itself.
When making the following actions...
- Go to
Confluence Admin >> System Information - Check the Total Allocated Memory
- Go to the Confluence server's resource monitor
Diagnosis
- Try to restart the Confluence instance to see if the figure changes
Cause
The number shown in the resource monitor is usually the sum of "Maximum Heap Size", "Maximum PermGen" and other variables that shouldn't be more than PermGen size.
Workaround
The number shown in the resource monitor can be tuned by modifying the -Xms, -Xmx and -XX:MaxPermSize parameters in Confluence System Properties (see Configuring System Properties).
For more information about how to tune Confluence's memory, see Performance Tuning documentation.