I'm currently running CFEclipse with a few copies of our fairly large code base open. Eclipse process takes up about 3mb, and javaw, which is what eclipse runs on top of takes up 300mb.
I have 3gb of ram, and it's true that people with limited amount of ram can't run eclipse. They should spring for an upgrade, but eclipse is still sluggish with a large code base. Sometimes it takes several minutes to refresh the workspace after a merge. I still prefer eclipse over DW and homesite due to it's tight integration with SVN and other tools. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Kotek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:01 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF Editor > > On 6/26/07, James Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I said that Eclipse only runs well on 2GB of ram and then everyone comes > > out of the woodwork and says "I got 2GB of RAM and it runs fine!" What > is > > the point of that post? > > > > I'm very glad for you that have 2GB of RAM (and mildly jealous), but the > > average non-brand-spanking new machine has 512MB of RAM which is simply > not > > enough to run Eclipse properly. > > > Since RAM is so cheap (2 Gb for $68), why not just get some more RAM? Not > trying to be mean, but 512 Mb an awfully limited amount. > > I also specifically said that it uses 400MB of [RAM + VM] and I get > > responses from people that clearly leave off the VM (which is extremely > > relevant). > > > > For reference, in order to see the total RAM (including VM) that an app > > uses, open Task Manager, click View, click Columns, check off "Virtual > > Memory" and sum the RAM + Virtual Memory for the total RAM used. > > > Virtual Memory is cached on disk. This is the Windows page file and it is > very common for programs to gobble up lots of it, especially if Windows > has > a lot of free space in the page file. This is totally separate from > physical > RAM and is there just to speed up usage of the program. Again, since even > the most basic modern computers have dozens or hundreds of gigs of hard > drive space, I don't see why this is an issue for you. Hell, Winamp's VM > usage (42 Mb) is more than it's RAM usage (38), and Firefox's VM usage > (206 > Mb) matches its RAM usage (240 Mb). The bottom line is that Eclipse rarely > uses more than 100-150 Mb of physical RAM. This means even a system with > as > little as 1 Gb or RAM will have no problem running CFEclipse and a local > instance of ColdFusion. > > In short, as I said in my original post, use Eclipse if you have 2GB or > more > > of RAM. Don't if you don't. > > > And I'll counter by saying this is simply untrue, and if you have even 768 > Mb or 1 Gb of RAM, CFEclipse will run just fine for you even if you are > also > running CF server locally. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282218 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
