What is Memory tuning: -XX:InitialHeapSize?

Usage:

You can set the initial size (in bytes) of the memory allocation pool:

-XX:InitialHeapSize=size[units], where size is the amount of memory in bytes of  your choice.

Examples:

To set the size of allocated memory to 6 MB using various units:

-XX:InitialHeapSize=6291456

-XX:InitialHeapSize=6144k

-XX:InitialHeapSize=6mDescription

Sets the initial size (in bytes) of the memory allocation pool. This value must be either 0, or a multiple of 1024 and greater than 1 MB. Append the letter k or K to indicate kilobytes, m or M to indicate megabytes, or g or G to indicate gigabytes. The default value is selected at run time based on the system configuration. If you set this option to 0, then the initial size is set as the sum of the sizes allocated for the old generation and the young generation. The size of the heap for the young generation can be set using the -XX:NewSize option.

Default Value:

Default value is 45

Errors:

None

Arguments related:

TODO link MaxHeapSize, MinHeapFreeRatio, MaxHeapFreeRatio, Xmx, Xms, NewSize

Related Posts:

• JVM memory model
• Garbage collection tuning
• Garbage collectors documentation
• Quick start on Java GC

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