[jira] [Commented] (ACCUMULO-2774) Update pom to ensure enough memory for tests

["Jessica Seastrom (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jessica Seastrom commented on ACCUMULO-2774:
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Java opts set via MAVEN_OPTS are not passed to the surefire-plugin when tests execute. The heap size for the surefire-plugin can be set in the pom.xml file using:
<configuration>
 <argLine>-Xmx<some_value></argLine>
</configuration>

-Xmx768 works. (Via testing the acceptable value seems to be 512 < Xmx <= 768.

At least one occurence was on MacOS where Java was Apple Java 1.6. Another way to solve this issue is to set JAVA_HOME to a JAVA version with a larger config heapsize, but this patch ensures that the heap size is adequate for the test regardless of these low level details.  

> Update pom to ensure enough memory for tests
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ACCUMULO-2774
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-2774
>             Project: Accumulo
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: test
>    Affects Versions: 1.6.0
>            Reporter: Sean Busbey
>            Assignee: Jessica Seastrom
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.6.1, 1.7.0
>
>
> On some systems JRE defaults don't provide enough heap to deal with all of our tests. Namely, org.apache.accumulo.core.security.crypto.BlockedIOStreamTest requires a fair bit of space (in the 768MB - 1GB range).
> The amount provided by default varies by JRE and by system specs. Our pom should ensure that by default our tests ask for as much as they'll need.



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