Andre,
Have a look at http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=java&seqNum=253
for more details about JVM.
A bit more difficult to read but with tons of info about JVM behaviour and
default settings: http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/hotspot/vmoptions.jsp
So for the SurvivorRatio the
> From: André Warnier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Memory pool "Survivor space"
>
> This Tomcat's JVM is started with the switches "-Xms200M
> -Xmx200M"
That's rather small for these days; I presume this is the toy machine you use
to test with.
> In the "memory" tab of jconsole, I observ