Limit Java RAM usage?

we use Java for our project www.aerospaceresearch.net/constellation and use Java diretcly out of an uninstalled java bin-folder.

We have some troubles with ram usage of this java differing between OS and even 32 and 64bit versions. Is it possible to set an upper limit for ram usage, so that Java does a dynamic rearranging of ram, that it is allways below 150mb for example?

That would really help us to solve some minor issues and to bring our app to systems with limited ram capabilities.

Thanks in advance, Andreas

It's difficult to tell from your question, but you may be looking for the -Xmx option in Sun's Oracle's java tool, which sets a maximum size for the Java memory heap.

For details on the various non-standard features offered by that version of the java tool (including several related to the heap), type java -X at a command prompt. For my installed version, that gives me:

java -X
    -Xmixed           mixed mode execution (default)
    -Xint             interpreted mode execution only
    -Xbootclasspath:<directories and zip/jar files separated by :>
                      set search path for bootstrap classes and resources
    -Xbootclasspath/a:<directories and zip/jar files separated by :>
                      append to end of bootstrap class path
    -Xbootclasspath/p:<directories and zip/jar files separated by :>
                      prepend in front of bootstrap class path
    -Xnoclassgc       disable class garbage collection
    -Xincgc           enable incremental garbage collection
    -Xloggc:<file>    log GC status to a file with time stamps
    -Xbatch           disable background compilation
    -Xms<size>        set initial Java heap size
    -Xmx<size>        set maximum Java heap size
    -Xss<size>        set java thread stack size
    -Xprof            output cpu profiling data
    -Xfuture          enable strictest checks, anticipating future default
    -Xrs              reduce use of OS signals by Java/VM (see documentation)
    -Xcheck:jni       perform additional checks for JNI functions
    -Xshare:off       do not attempt to use shared class data
    -Xshare:auto      use shared class data if possible (default)
    -Xshare:on        require using shared class data, otherwise fail.

The -X options are non-standard and subject to change without notice.

If you're using a different implementation of Java, those options may vary; and note the warning at the end of the above.