Here is another article to help make that decision:

http://www.sumoc.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=CDCDBF8B-5004-2066-B7460CDEAB79328F

Sumit Verma
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On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Our Max Heap size is 1024 mb, we don't have a minimum setting specified.
> I know how to change that in Administrator.
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> Would it help if I set a minimum of maybe 768 mb heap size?
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> You can do this through the Coldfusion Administrator; see the livedocs
> for your particular version (or run a search on "ColdFusion JVM heap
> size"). The livedocs also have tips on how to best adjust this value
> (under-allocating and over-allocating can both create issues).
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> From: [email protected] [
> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 2:21 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Mach-II] Slow server
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> I did look at our memory usage.
> we have a total memory of 475 to 510 mb.  This number seems to rise and
> fall for reasons I don't understand.
> I have seen our memory usage get up to the high 400's (above 480).
> How do we increase our total memory.  Our system administrator says we
> have 4 gig of memory on our server.
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> Have you checked your memory usage?  Adding load / apps to a server can
> cause subtle changes over time...
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> Big grand pauses at the CFML engine at random are a signal that JVM is
> having to run excessive garbage collections.  Full GCs are a "stop the
> world" event and therefore request will just pile up or pause until the
> GC is complete.  I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case.
>
> If you are running out of perm-gen space or even heap space, this could
> be issue.  I'd look at your CFML memory usage at the JVM level.  You can
>
> see JVM memory details in Mach-II Dashboard or can write some ad-hoc
> CFML code using Java to do that (look at the dashboard code if you need
> examples).
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> Bst,
> .Peter
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> [email protected] said the following on 05/05/10 13:50:
> >>> So you're saying everything ran fine for years and the ONLY thing
> you
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> > changed was the timeout requests setting?  No,  we've added many apps
> > recently and of course changed some code in existing apps.  We've
> gotten
> > application errors of course, but it's fairly rare for us to get  time
> > out errors.  That's kind of the point.  There have been many, many
> > changes and we need something, some tool to point us in the right
> > direction.  Yes, we did enable the setting after the server slowed
> down,
> > because I read that  Adobe recommends it (I've since unchecked this
> > option).  I'm going to check out all the things that Peter mentioned
> > (thanks Peter)  to see if I can narrow down the problem.  Will keep
> your
> > suggestion in mind while researching the problem (I'd make sure
> nothing
> > else changed as far as server configuration, networking, databases,)
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> > Thanks Matt.
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> > ed
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> > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:12 AM,<[email protected]>  wrote:
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> >    These are all apps that have been running successfully for years.
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> > So you're saying everything ran fine for years and the ONLY thing you
> > changed was the timeout requests setting? And did you do that *after*
> > you saw things running slowly?
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> > My rule of thumb, basic as it is, is if things were running fine and
> now
> > aren't, something changed. So before you burn too much time trying to
> > figure out what's up with your app, I'd make sure nothing else changed
> > as far as server configuration, networking, databases, etc. etc. goes.
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