Hello I am getting this error while starting Cassandra and after 2-3 minutes I get this message
WARN [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:28,826 GCInspector.java:282 - ConcurrentMarkSweep GC in 23493ms. CMS Old Gen: 9898557408 -> 9898557384; Par Eden Space: 671088640 -> 671088632; Par Survivor Space: 83886056 -> 80972352
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:28,827 StatusLogger.java:47 - Pool Name Active Pending Completed Blocked All Time Blocked
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:28,834 StatusLogger.java:51 - MutationStage 1 0 854699 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:28,836 StatusLogger.java:51 - ViewMutationStage 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:28,838 StatusLogger.java:51 - ReadStage 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:28,839 StatusLogger.java:51 - RequestResponseStage 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:45,452 StatusLogger.java:51 - ReadRepairStage 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:45,453 StatusLogger.java:51 - CounterMutationStage 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:45,454 StatusLogger.java:51 - MiscStage 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:45,454 StatusLogger.java:51 - CompactionExecutor 0 0 26 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:45,455 StatusLogger.java:51 - MemtableReclaimMemory 0 0 23 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:45,455 StatusLogger.java:51 - GossipStage 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:45,456 StatusLogger.java:51 - SecondaryIndexManagement 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:17:45,457 StatusLogger.java:51 - HintsDispatcher 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:18:05,523 StatusLogger.java:51 - MigrationStage 0 0 0 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:18:05,524 StatusLogger.java:51 - MemtablePostFlush 0 0 23 0 0
INFO [Service Thread] 2021-10-19 13:18:22,163 StatusLogger.java:51 - PerDiskMemtableFlushWriter_0 0 0 23 0 0
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
Dumping heap to java_pid40352.hprof ...
Heap dump file created [17225711047 bytes in 125.079 secs]
# java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
# -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError="kill -9 %p"
# Executing /bin/sh -c "kill -9 40352"...
I tried various combinations of Heap sizes. tried increasing it up to 16GB, still not working. Any help will me much appreciated.