Based on the Novell bug report, it looks like this is due to openjdk handling out-of-memory badly.
vmstat on my box reports:
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
0 0 0 236088 324496 820492 0 0 3 12 26 15 8 1 91 0
Based on the Novell bug report, it looks like this is due to openjdk handling out-of-memory badly. ----memory- ------- -- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
vmstat on my box reports:
procs -------
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
0 0 0 236088 324496 820492 0 0 3 12 26 15 8 1 91 0
free reports:
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2063504 1835352 228152 0 325080 820500
-/+ buffers/cache: 689772 1373732
Swap: 0 0 0