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		dminor on Sept 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing Play 2.0 You can set the minimum and maximum heap size using -Xms and -Xmx, e.g. -Xmx512M will limit the heap to 512 MB.

jshen on Sept 7, 2011 [–]

yeah, but I can't get it to run below 100mb for the whole process. heap is around 30mb, perm gen around 25mb, then another 50 somewhere.

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