[OSM-newbies] JOSM memory

[Jeffrey Martin]

Thanks. My next step was going to be looking up those parameters.
I think Java needs it's own multiplatform starter program like thing.
>From the user standpoint it doesn't seem write once run anywhere.

On 1/17/09, Renaud MICHEL <r.h.michel+osm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Le samedi 17 janvier 2009 à 05:20, David Newman a écrit :
>> java -jar -Xms2g -Xmx2g josm-latest.jar
>>
>> This sets both the minimum and maximum java heap size to 2GB.
>
> Whoa!
> Never set the minimum heap size (-Xms) this high!
> The virtual machine will try to allocate all the minimum heap size at
> startup, filling uselessly your memory.
> On the other hand, you can set the maximum heap size (-Xmx) very high if you
> want, it will only be used if needed (but I'd recommand not using a value
> higher than your physical memory, except if you are working on a server
> environment).
> Actually you probably don't need to change the minimum heap, memory will be
> allocated as needed. Setting the minimum heap is useful if you know your
> program will always use that much memory and you want it quickly allocated
> at startup.
>
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