Re: memory limit of JVM

Posted by ctrueden on Jul 17, 2007; 8:04pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/creating-a-fixed-line-segment-and-movable-image-tp3698825p3698829.html

Thanks Aryeh, I have added that link to the ImageJ wiki's "How do I
increase the memory in ImageJ" FAQ entry.

-Curtis

On 7/17/07, Aryeh Weiss <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Nicola Gisbert wrote:
> > Hello Aryeh,
> >
> > we had the same problem under Win2000. In spite of the 4 GB RAM only 1400
> > MB could be used in ImageJ. One reason for this situation is the advers
> > location of the OS libraries of the 32-bit Windows OS. Using Linux (in
> > particular Fedora Core 5) now 2700 MB can be used in one ImageJ-Task.
> >
>
> Thank you for the reply. With a very helpful hint from Wayne, I am now able
> to allocate at least 2700MB (I actually allocate 2300MB). This is done by using
> the JRockit 6 JVM, and adding a /3GB flag in the windows Boot.ini file. This is
> a link that told me how to do it
>
> http://dev2dev.bea.com/blog/hstahl/archive/2005/12/how_to_get_almo.html
>
> So far ImageJ works with the JRockit JVM but I have not done anything really
> extensive with it.
>
> --aryeh
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