Should I use 32-bit or 64-bit JDK?
java
Solution
Only begin to bother with that if you want to build an application that will use a lot of memory (namely, a heap larger than 2GB).
Allow me to quote Red Hat:
The real advantage of the 64-bit JVM is that heap sizes much larger than 2GB can be used. Large page memory with the 64-bit JVM give further optimizations. The following graph shows the results running from 4GB heap sizes, in two gigabyte increments, up to 20GB heap.
That, in a pretty graph:
See, no big difference.
See more (more graphs, yay!) in: Java Virtual Machine Tuning
Problem
Years ago, I tried 64-bit JDK but it was really buggy. How stable would you say it is now? Would you recommend it? Should I install 64-bit JDK + eclipse or stick to 32-bit? Also, are there any advantages of 64-bit over 32-bit other than bypassing the 4 GB memory limit?