> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] > Subject: Re: Free Memory vs. Total Memory vs. Max Memory
> Okay, so it sounds like if the environment is such that reducing the > heap at intervals is important (many JVMs, peak-memory-load events are > rare, etc.) then using Xms < Xmx isn't a bad idea at all. If the peak-load periods truly are infrequent and of short duration, _and_ you can tolerate the hiccup as the heap ramps up, then yes, having a small minimum heap size would be ok. It's the ramp-up impact that can really annoy the end users. You have to balance that against the minimal cost of today's memory (even ECC RAM is under $10 per GiB). - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers.
