Should I set a MaxMetaspaceSize?

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So, after asking this question, it quickly became clear that the important question was not \"how can I\", but \"should I\"?

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Answer 1

Answer from @eckes comments:

i would set a maximum which is large enough to not trigger in normal situations. The reason I say this is, that a system might act very erratic and hard to control if native memory gets exhausted or wild swapping happens. Much worse than a OOM or Java freeze. For example using 2GB (epecting a system to have 2gb buffers free at minimum)