Re: Java 6 and 64bit max memory
robert wrote:
Hi all,
On 32bit JVM's I've never had luck going over 2GB of heap, including
tweaking OS parameters. My current project has a few dual x64 machines
running on XP (not linux unfortunately) . Anyways, our app uses more
memory via the JVM than processor, and the 2GB JVM heap limit is
reached far earlier than the dual x64 processors rise above 50%
capacity.
I noticed Java 6 64bit JVM support for XP x64 - intel. Does anyone know
if for example I have 8GB of memory . I can raise the max heap size to
6GB ? The example assumes nothing else on the machine, just running
jboss / hibernate and uses lots of memory. I'm asking because before I
recommending purchasing more memory, I can use it. I did a lot of
googling but didn't turn up any specifics.
Robert
I might recommend trying to find a way to reduce your memory
requirements. I know its not always possible, but sometimes a tweak in
any algorithms you use might help signifigantly. Using lazy loading in
hibernate might help some, and possibly throttling usage, or
distributing usage via a load-balancer might be useful too.
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