Java Settings for Netbeans 6.8 on OSX 10.5.8 to optimize cpu usage

Question

Sorry I have several question relative to the same problem.

I am using Netbeans 6.8 on OSX 10.5.8 with java 1.6.0_17 and after about 5 minutes of work, the cpu usage

Answer 1

You could try to increase available heap for netbeans. The settings are in $NETBEANS_HOME/etc/netbeans.conf

The interessting one is netbeans_default_options Default is: -J-Xms32m I would start with -Xms256m -Xmx512m with -J (prefix)

EDIT: From netbeans.conf

If you specify the heap size (-Xmx) explicitely, you may also want to enable
# Concurrent Mark & Sweep garbage collector. In such case add the following
# options to the netbeans_default_options:
# -J-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -J-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -J-XX:+CMSPermGenSweepingEnabled