> From: David kerber [mailto:dcker...@verizon.net] > Subject: Re: Is IBM Right About Java?
> I don't know, but always assumed that GC made the cleared memory > available for the JVM to use for other things, not the OS. Not really. The JVM always reserves the maximum heap size as virtual space, but does not allocate more of the heap than the current limit; the limit will be adjusted up or down within the -Xms : -Xmx range as load dictates. The unused virtual space is not available for any other use. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
