Have you ever tried some real memory sucking java apps like JBuilder, Together/J or the new IBM Websphere Application Developer based on Eclipse?
When you start any one of those w/o any project opend they grab at least 100 megs of RAM. This gets even worse if you open a mid sized project. Memory usages keeps on rising over the time up to 300+ Megs. You have to close and restart the app every 1 hour or so. So, dont complaint about this cute memory usage of IDEA of 90 Mb. By yourself some more memory which is 99.99 � per 256Mb. -Bj�rn --- Michael Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ditto. > > I'm convinced the long garbage collection times are because windows has swapped > out the process because it won't fit in memory. If you have a 125 megabyte heap, > then you probabaly have about a 150 to 175 megabyte process. Windows itself (at > least 2000 pro in a network environment) takes at least 80 megabytes, plus, if you > are running any decent sized application. > > Do the math, and someone is on disk. > > The answer is that you need at least 1/2 a gigabyte of memory to use intellij with > windows 2000 and a decent sized application. Add another 256 if you want to run > outlook to read your mail. > > Mike > > > On 24 Jan 2002 at 12:43, Donald F. McLean wrote: > > > Calum Maclean wrote: > > > > > I think that IDEA is a great tool - far superior to Visual Caf� > > > which I had to use before. However, I do find I have a problem with > > > it - memory usage. I've upped the maximum memory from 96MB to 128MB, > > > running on a 256MB machine. However, I find that, after using it > > > for a while, it never goes down below 80 or 90. Even when you close > > > your project, there's still a lot of memory being used. When it > > > garbage collects, it quite often takes a few minutes. Are you > > > planning addressing this problem? It does affect usability for both > > > myself and my colleagues. > > > > > > I have also found that eventually it can't reclaim ANY memory and > > performance gets really flaky (especially if my machine is booted to > > Windows 98 for testing - locks up the entire OS something awful). > > > > Increasing the available memory staves off this problem for a longer > > period, but when it finally does fill up the memory, garbage > > collection is slower - it can bring the machine completely to its > > knees with 196 MB allocated. > > > > Donald > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Eap-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > > > --- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To obtain my PGP public key, mail "SEND PUB KEY" in the > subject to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
