Tuning WebLogic JRockit 8.1 JVM

Tuning WebLogic JRockit JVM is accomplished by using non-standard—or -X—command line options that you enter at startup. -X options are exclusive to WebLogic JRockit JVM.

1. Setting Heap Size Parameters
-Xms sets the initial size of the heap. For this, we recommend that you set it to the same size as the maximum heap size
-Xmx sets the maximum size of the heap. On IA32 the maximum possible heap size is about 1.8 GB (which is the largest contiguous address space the O/S will give a process). Usually set maximum heap size no more than 75% of the available physical memory
Note: To avoid fragmentation or paging, you should override the default and manually set -Xmx to 75% of the available physical memory, up to 1.8 GB.
-Xns sets the size of the young generation (nursery) in generational concurrent and generational copying garbage collectors (these are the only collectors that use nurseries).
Note: The maximum size of a nursery may not exceed 25% of the total heap size if you're using gencon and 15% of the total heap size if you're using gencopy.

2. Defining When a Memory Space will be Cleared
-Xcleartype defines when the memory space occupied by an object that has been garbage collected will be cleared.
-Xcleartype:<gc|local|alloc>
If the clear type is not set, the default is alloc on IA32 systems and gc on IA64 systems.
Note: The option alloc is currently not available on IA64 systems.

3. Setting the Type of Thread Allocation
-Xallocationtype sets the type of thread allocation
-Xallocationtype:<global|local>
Note: If the allocation type (-Xallocationtype) is not set, the default is global for the generational copying (gencopy) garbage collector and local for all others (singlecon, gencon, and parallel).

4. Setting the Thread Stack Size
-Xss<size>[k|K] [m|M] sets the thread stack size in kilobytes.

5. Memory Requirements and Garbage Collection Types
http://e-docs.bea.com/wljrockit/docs81/userguide/memman.html

Addendum - Basic Tuning Tips and Techniques
http://e-docs.bea.com/wljrockit/docs81/tuning/basic.html#998993
Find the Bottleneck Methods:
Use the Intel VTune profiling tool with JRockit to analyze performance.
Use the Java Virtual Machine Profiling Interface (JVMPI) by setting the option -Xjvmpi:allocs=off,monitors=off,entryexit=off.