Patrick Conway wrote:Anyone know what exactly the -DServer parameter does in catalina_opts besides tell tomcat its a server not a desktop?
i.e. whats the difference in using not using this parameter
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java -help
-server to select the "server" VM
The default VM is server.
The Java SE contains two implementations of the Java VM:
Java HotSpot Client VM, which is tuned for best performance when running applications in a client environment by reducing application start-up time and memory footprint.
Java HotSpot Server VM, which is designed for maximum program execution speed for applications running in a server environment.
more details:
http://java.sun.com/products/hotspot/whitepaper.html
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