Well it is a Java app and has been told to consume that much at startup (just like ColdFusion). It is also configurable.
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk Sent: Tue Jun 26 06:09:39 2007 Subject: RE: CF Editor Total RAM used is *not* the sum of the "Mem usage" and "VM" columns in task manager. See http://shsc.info/WindowsMemoryManagement - the punchline is right at the end. Jaime Metcher > -----Original Message----- > From: James Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2007 2:08 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF Editor > > > I said that Eclipse only runs well on 2GB of ram and then > everyone comes out of the woodwork and says "I got 2GB of RAM and > it runs fine!" What is the point of that post? > > I'm very glad for you that have 2GB of RAM (and mildly jealous), > but the average non-brand-spanking new machine has 512MB of RAM > which is simply not enough to run Eclipse properly. > > I also specifically said that it uses 400MB of [RAM + VM] and I > get responses from people that clearly leave off the VM (which is > extremely relevant). > > For reference, in order to see the total RAM (including VM) that > an app uses, open Task Manager, click View, click Columns, check > off "Virtual Memory" and sum the RAM + Virtual Memory for the > total RAM used. > > After using eclipse for 5 minutes, you will see the total RAM is > at or (far) above 400GB. That is an obscene amount of memory for > a program to use. Visual Studio, which is all the IDE Eclipse is > and more, uses 1/10 (~40MB) of that at load time and 1/3 (100 - > 150MB) of that when you have 20 files open and are compiling software. > > I honestly dont understand how everyone cheers about such a > poorly written memory hog. I understand that its free and you get > what you pay for, but there are limits. > > In short, as I said in my original post, use Eclipse if you have > 2GB or more of RAM. Don't if you don't. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282154 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
