Honestly, if you really need your JVM to scale above 16 GBs of heap memory, you should go for something like the Zing JVM[1] from Azul Systems. However, the sta

Honestly, if you really need your JVM to scale above 16 GBs of heap memory, you should go for something like the Zing JVM[1] from Azul Systems. However, the standard JVMs should suffice for 99% of workloads. [1]: http://www.azulsystems.com/products/zing/virtual-machine http://www.azulsystems.com/products/zing/virtual-machine