How can I reduce Eclipse Ganymede's memory use?

Question

I use the recent Ganymede release of Eclipse, specifically the distro for Java EE and web developers. I have installed a few additional plugins (e.g. Subclipse, Spring, Find

Answer 1

I had problem with java-based programs memory consumption. I found that it could be related to the chosen jvm (in my case it was). Try to run eclipse with -client switch.

In some operating systems (most of linux distros I believe), the default option is server vm, which will consume noticeable more memory when running applications with gui.

In my case initial memory footprint went down from 300MB to 80MB.

Sorry for my crappy English. I hope I helped.

All Regards Arkadiusz Jamrocha