 <p>Check the process id parents - you probably will see one parent and 2 children.</p> <p>Historically - MANY entries appeared in the ps table per <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Linux_Unix" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Linux_Unix</a></p> <p>In new linux kernels - ps/top have whittled these down to one. But jsvc launches in a parent/child style which would explain 2 processes (but not 3). </p> <p>But long story short - it is probably nothing to worry about.</p>