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When using Sun Java 1.4.2, why are the -Xmx settings for my Java STAF service not being used?

April 26, 2017Java service settings STAF Sun Used

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When using Sun Java 1.4.2, why are the -Xmx settings for my Java STAF service not being used?

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This appears to be a bug in Sun Java 1.4.2 where it is not using the -Xmx heap settings. This means that if you are running Java STAF services with Sun 1.4.2, and specifying the OPTION J2=-Xmx option, the option will not be used and your service JVM will run out of memory at a much lower heap size (the actual limit seems to vary by OS). IBM Java 1.4.2 works correctly (http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/index.