Java very limited on max number of threads?

Question

We have a small text box with 512Mb of ram. We wanted to see how many threads we can create in Java in this box. To our surprise, we can\'t create many. Essentially the minimum

Answer 1

Keep in mind that you will never be able to dedicate 100% of the RAM to running Java threads. Some RAM is used by the OS and other running applications, meaning you will never have the full 512 Mb available.