Maximum Java heap size of a 32-bit JVM on a 64-bit OS

Question

The question is not about the maximum heap size on a 32-bit OS, given that 32-bit OSes have a maximum addressable memory size of 4GB, and that the JVM\'s max heap size depen

Answer 1

Theoretical 4gb, but in practice (for IBM JVM):

Win 2k8 64, IBM Websphere Application Server 8.5.5 32bit

C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin>managesdk.bat -listAvailable -verbose CWSDK1003I: Доступные SDK: CWSDK1005I: Имя SDK: 1.6_32 - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.version.1.6_32=1.6 - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.bits.1.6_32=32 - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.location.1.6_32=${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/java - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.platform.1.6_32=windows - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.architecture.1.6_32=x86_32 - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.nativeLibPath.1.6_32=${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/lib/native/win /x86_32/ CWSDK1001I: Задача managesdk выполнена успешно. C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\java\bin>java -Xmx2036 MaxMemory JVMJ9GC017E -Xmx слишком мала, должна быть не меньше 1 M байт JVMJ9VM015W Ошибка инициализации для библиотеки j9gc26(2): Не удалось инициализи ровать Could not create the Java virtual machine. C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\java\bin>java -Xmx2047M MaxMemory Total Memory: 4194304 (4.0 MiB) Max Memory: 2146435072 (2047.0 MiB) Free Memory: 3064536 (2.9225692749023438 MiB) C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\java\bin>java -Xmx2048M MaxMemory JVMJ9VM015W Ошибка инициализации для библиотеки j9gc26(2): Не удалось создать эк земпляр кучи; запрошено 2G Could not create the Java virtual machine.

RHEL 6.4 64, IBM Websphere Application Server 8.5.5 32bit

[bin]./java -Xmx3791M MaxMemory Total Memory: 4194304 (4.0 MiB) Max Memory: 3975151616 (3791.0 MiB) Free Memory: 3232992 (3.083221435546875 MiB) [root@nagios1p bin]# ./java -Xmx3793M MaxMemory Total Memory: 4194304 (4.0 MiB) Max Memory: 3977248768 (3793.0 MiB) Free Memory: 3232992 (3.083221435546875 MiB) [bin]# /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/managesdk.sh -listAvailable -verbose CWSDK1003I: Available SDKs : CWSDK1005I: SDK name: 1.6_32 - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.version.1.6_32=1.6 - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.bits.1.6_32=32 - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.location.1.6_32=${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/java - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.platform.1.6_32=linux - com.ibm.websphere.sdk.architecture.1.6_32=x86_32 -com.ibm.websphere.sdk.nativeLibPath.1.6_32=${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/lib/native/linux/x86_32/ CWSDK1001I: Successfully performed the requested managesdk task.