title: Maximum amount of memory per Java process on Windows?
body: <p>What is the maximum heap size that you can allocate on 32-bit Windows for a Java process using <code>-Xmx</code>?</p>
  
  <p>I'm asking because I want to use the ETOPO1 data in <a href="http://www.openmap.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">OpenMap</a> and the raw binary float file is about 910&nbsp;MB.</p>