I use SpringSource Tool Suite 3.0.1, Tomcat server 7.0.21, maven-2.2.1. I successfully built my web application, ran Tomcat server. The application successfully worked. Aft
This depends on which file you are running, either catalina.bat or catalina.sh. Set the Java options as below and try:
set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% %LOGGING_CONFIG% -Xms512m -Xmx512m -XX:PermSize=512m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m