How to increase STS (Spring Tool Suite) memory size?
eclipse, heap-memory, java, out-of-memory, spring
Solution
-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.201.v20161025-1711.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.401.v20161122-
1740
-product
org.springsource.sts.ide
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
-Xmx1024m
You should change only Xmx. Here I am using Xmx1024m means STS is assigned with 1 GB Ram And Xmx4G means 4GB RAM. You can check the heap status as
Open sts in Windows menu select Preferences then from General tab mark show heap status option.
Problem
I am trying to increase heap size (memory) for the spring tool suite as I am getting out of memory. If I increase from Xmx from 768m to 1024m I get the error "Failed to Create Java Virtual Machine". If I revert Xmx to 768m it works fine but I get OOM (Out of Memory). I have STS 2.9.2. OS is win7. This is currently what I have in sts.ini at the moment. ``` -startup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar --launcher.library plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.2.R36x_v20101222 -product com.springsource.sts.ide --launcher.defaultAction openFile --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 384M -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6 -Xms256m -Xmx1024m -Xss1m -XX:PermSize=256m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m ``` what should I change? Please advise.