JVM Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 4.23, by Dr. Herong Yang
Footprint Saving with Restoring Shared Archive
This section provides a tutorial example on how to save footprint by restoring shared archive 'java -Xshare:on'.
To see the saving on footprint with restoring shared archive, I am planning to run LongSleep with and without the CDS feature. Here is my test results:
\j2sdk1.5.0\bin\java -cp . -Xshare:off LongSleep Free memory: 1879160 Total memory: 2031616 (Windows Task Manager shows: Mem Usage = 5340K) \j2sdk1.5.0\bin\java -cp . -Xshare:on LongSleep Free memory: 1879152 Total memory: 2031616 (Windows Task Manager shows: Mem Usage = 6032K)
What a surprise! The CDS feature actually increased the footprint of LongSleep. Can anyone help to explain why?
Steve Bohne from the CDS implementation team at Sun.COM emailed in 2007 the following answer.
It is due to the memory accounting on Windows. Basically, Windows charges each process for the same shared data. My blog entry explains this further, and gives a more accurate measurement technique: http://blogs.sun.com/sbohne/entry/share_and_enjoy_memory_usage
Steve's blog says that Windows Task Manager report the total memory used by each process, including both the private portion and the shared portion. The CDS feature will increase the shared portion of each JVM process, which could not be reported by Window Task Manager. Other tools should be used to see the details of a JVM process memory usage.
Last update: 2007.
Table of Contents
Downloading and Installing JDK 1.8.0 on Windows
Downloading and Installing JDK 1.7.0 on Windows
java.lang.Runtime Class - The JVM Instance
java.lang.System Class - The Operating System
ClassLoader Class - Class Loaders
Class Class - Class Reflections
JRockit JVM 28.2.7 by Oracle Corporation
Memory Management and Garbage Collectors
JVM Stack, Frame and Stack Overflow
Thread Testing Program and Result
CPU Impact of Multi-Thread Applications
I/O Impact of Multi-Thread Applications
Startup Time Saving with Restoring Shared Archive
Startup Time Saving with Multiple JVM Processes
►Footprint Saving with Restoring Shared Archive
Viewing Shared Memory of JVM Processes
Micro Benchmark Runner and JVM Options
Micro Benchmark Tests on "int" Operations
Micro Benchmark Tests on "long" Operations
Micro Benchmark Tests in JIT Compilation Mode