Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize= ; support was removed in 8.0

Error

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=m; support was removed in 8.0

Since When

After migrating to Java 8

Solution

Remove  MaxPermSize  as this is not needed anymore.

You should see if you want to define MaxMetaspaceSize
-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=<metaspace size>[g|m|k]

By default Metaspace in Java VM 8 is not limited, but for system stability it makes sense to limit it with some finite value.

Explanation

The Permanent Generation (PermGen) space has completely been removed and is kind of replaced by a new space called Metaspace.The consequences of the PermGen removal is that obviously the PermSize and MaxPermSize JVM arguments are ignored and you will never get a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen error. The JDK 8 HotSpot JVM is now using native memory for the representation of class metadata and is called Metaspace.

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