Initially, it will use more memory. But for a longer-running, large application, we usually come out ahead. We also set the JVM up to a fairly high maximum hea

Initially, it will use more memory. But for a longer-running, large application, we usually come out ahead. We also set the JVM up to a fairly high maximum heap (500MB) which you can tweak back down a la -J-Xmx200M.