[nylug-talk] Free -m shows 300MB usage after upgrade to 1GB.

[Peter C. Norton]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 01:20:39PM -0500, sixtyfourbeets wrote:
> > Really, I would ask the vendor of the app to help analyze this.
> 
> I would but based on their lead developers borderline idiotic yet
> sublte suggestion
> that I swtich over to Apple doesnt give me much hope in their ability.
> 
> Also considering that their app uses most of 512MB of RAM and half a gig of swap
> is also grounds for dismissal.
> 
> But they are the only ones who have the features I need.

It is worth looking at the flags that they're invoking java
with. There are usually flags for max mem, starting mem, how often to
invoke a GC sweep, etc. that will affect memory usage and the
stability of the memory usage over time.

-Peter

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