multiple cpu maximum memory

[Victor Cheung]

Should the maximum (Xmx) heap setting be based on a memory per CPU ratio on a mulitple CPU machine?

For example, if the machine has 8 CPUs and 32GB memory in total, the Xmx should not exceed 4G.

victor
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