Monitoring system resource use for Java

Question

I am trying to prepare some statistics on the CPU and Memory usage (over time) of a Java application running on a Windows XP machine.

Is there a (free) tool that would let me obtain these statistics? Most of the tools I looked at either profile the existing code for CPU and Heap usage - but do not provide a view the process itself (from a systems point of view).

I tried using IBM Performance Analysis Tool for Java but this does not seem to provide a straightforward metric of determining the amount of memory the process is consuming (similar to the ProcessExplorer tool).

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Kind regards, Dinuk

Answer 1

I would highly recommend looking into a tool like Hyperic or zenos. These tools can monitor a Java app in multiple ways; an agent installed on the system, via JMX MBeans, or by SNMP.