Tuning graphloader JVM options
The DSE Graph Loader is written in Java and has some configurable JVM tuning in the graphloader script.
The default maximum heap size is 10G, generally a good heap size for appropriately sized machine used with graphloader.
Two environment variables, MAX_HEAP_SIZE and HEAP_NEWSIZE were added in DSE 5.0.5 and later.
graphloader now calculates the values of these two environment variables in the same manner as the DSE database.
If a particular value is desired for either variable, the value can be set directly in the graphloader script.