Russ, Not so fast... If you are using 7 gigs already then the issue is not how much memory you have free total.. The issue is are there enough blocks of contiguous memory available to equal the heap size you are targeting. On a server running JUST an operating system (say Win2000 or 03) and 2 gigs of ram I can achieve 1280 mgs... But it sounds to me like you have other processes using 7 gigs... That is a lot already going on... And you cannot control "where" the memory is allocated. Just like a hard drive that has space on it but is extremely fragmented - your JVM may not be able to stack enough blocks end to end (with exacting offset memory registers) to get to 1280.
Try killing all services and processes so that only the OS is running (say 150 to 250 megs used), then see if CF will start with 1280. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How much memory should be allocated to the JVM? I have 12GB of ram and 5GB+ is free. I kinda doubt that I don't have continuous 1280MB available. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:58 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: How much memory should be allocated to the JVM? > > Russ wrote: > > In the meantime, I'm having trouble setting the setting -Xmx 1280. > > CF7 doesn't like that. It works well with 1024. Is there a smaller > > limit > for > > 1.4 JVM? > > The number you specify must be available as a continuous memory block. > If your system loads lots of programs before CF or loads programs into > non-optimal places there may be less memory available. > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300212 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
