By default IntelliJ is setup to use a maximum of 192 MB of heap. The JVM memory settings are as follows:-Xms16m -Xmx192m -XX:MaxPermSize=92m
I have found this to be almost always too low, systematically resulting in OutOfMemoryError. So every time I install a new version of IntelliJ, the first thing I do it to change this setting with:-Xms16m -Xmx392m -XX:MaxPermSize=92m
If you are on a Mac, you can do this by editing the following file* and searching for -Xms in the file:/Applications/Selena-7670.app/Contents/Info.plist
* Replace Selena-7670 with the name of your the IntelliJ executable, which, if you are using regular releases instead of EAP builds, will look more like IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Memory Settings for IntelliJ
