Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Gregory B Goslen

Christopher S Murray

The system determines a first and a second snapshot of memory usage by processes in a computing system based on a predetermined time interval, wherein a respective snapshot indicates, for a respective process, memory usage corresponding to memory types including private memory and shared memory. The system computes, for processes common to the first and the second snapshots, a likelihood of memory leak for a process and memory type based on: an increase in an amount of heap memory and private memory; an increase in an amount of shared memory; and an increase in a total amount of private and shared memory. The system compares the computed likelihood for the process with a predetermined threshold. Responsive to determining that the computed likelihood for the process exceeds the predetermined threshold, the system performs a corrective action to address memory leak associated with the process.

Predicting and mitigating memory leakage in a computer system

The system determines data which indicate memory usage by a process and information related to a number of instances of the process. The system determines for the process: a first average amount of memory; a first standard deviation; a first value indicating a difference between a current amount of memory used by the process and the first average amount; a second average number of process instances; a second standard deviation; and a second value indicating a difference between a current number of process instances and the second average number. The system performs a corrective action to address a memory spike associated with the process responsive to comparing at least one of: the current amount of memory used by the process with a watermark; the first value with the first standard deviation scaled; the current number of instances with a watermark; and the second value with the second standard deviation scaled.

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Gregory B Goslen