if you really want to make use of all that RAM then you will need to install cf enterprise multi-instance.
If you are on windows and running multiple then you could try the Helicon Zoo module for Railo which by default runs every site in its own isolated java instance with no work from you required, other than to set the memory settings to your desired levels. http://www.michaels.me.uk/post.cfm/new-railo-and-mura-installer-for-the-microsoft-web-platform On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Jordan Michaels <[email protected]>wrote: > > With large amounts of RAM allocated to the JVM heap Garbage Collection > can become a lengthy process. Since the JVM essentially stops all > processing during the default GC process, larger heap sizes can produce > short stops (pauses) in your CFML processing while the JVM runs the GC > process. > > You can adjust your GC type to help alleviate this with larger heaps. > For example, check out the JVM options -XX:+UseParallelGC, > -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:+UseTrainGC. These are different types of > collectors which have different use-cases, so it's important to > understand them in order to identify which one is more appropriate to > your situation. > > A quick Google search turned up this for me: > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/gc-tuning-5-138395.html > > Which covers the different GC types a bit. > > Hope this helps! > > Warm Regards, > Jordan Michaels > > On 01/12/2012 01:40 PM, Brook Davies wrote: > > > > Quick Question. On our new server we have lots of ram (32 gigs). Its > running > > CF 9 Standard 64 bit. Is there any downside to allocating 12 gigs of ram > to > > CF? > > > > > > > > Brook > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349486 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

