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Tomcat6

Windows

The service can be changed by

  • Open prompt as Administrator
  • Run the following commands
cd "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\bin
Tomcat6w.exe //ES//tomcat6
  • Klik "Java" page
  • Set the values
    • Initial memory pool (aka "Xms"): 512m
    • Maximum memory pool (aka "Xmx"): 1024m
    • Add an extra line to Java Options
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
  • Klik OK

Linux

Find catalina.sh in something like: /usr/share/tomcat6/bin

Assign following line to JAVA_OPTS variable and add it into catalina.sh file.

JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -server -Xmx512m -Xms1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m"