IBM User Guide for Java V7 on Windows > Performance > Class data sharing between JVMs

Performance and memory consumption

Class data sharing is particularly useful on systems that use more than one JVM running similar code; the system benefits from reduced virtual storage consumption. It is also useful on systems that frequently start and shut down JVMs, which benefit from the improvement in startup time.

The processor and memory usage required to create and populate a new cache is minimal. The JVM startup cost in time for a single JVM is typically between 0 and 5% slower compared with a system not using class data sharing, depending on how many classes are loaded. JVM startup time improvement with a populated cache is typically between 10% and 40% faster compared with a system not using class data sharing, depending on the operating system and the number of classes loaded. Multiple JVMs running concurrently show greater overall startup time benefits.

Duplicate classes are consolidated in the shared class cache. For example, class A loaded from myClasses.jar and class A loaded from myOtherClasses.jar (with identical content) is stored only once in the cache. The printAllStats utility shows multiple entries for duplicated classes, with each entry pointing to the same class.

When you run your application with class data sharing, you can use the operating system tools to see the reduction in virtual storage consumption.

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