Increase JVM max heap size for Eclipse

Question

I am trying to increase the max heap size for my Eclipse. I have tried specifying in eclipse.ini or through the command line, but are not working.

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Answer 1

Try to modify the eclipse.ini so that both Xms and Xmx are of the same value:

-Xms6000m
-Xmx6000m

This should force the Eclipse's VM to allocate 6GB of heap right from the beginning.

But be careful about either using the eclipse.ini or the command-line ./eclipse/eclipse -vmargs .... It should work in both cases but pick one and try to stick with it.