- download and install BEA JRockit JVM as default JVM
http://download2.bea.com/pub/jrockit/60/jrockit-R27.5.0-jdk1.6.0_03-windows-ia32.exe
- run “C:\Program Files\Java\jrockit-R27.5.0-jre1.6.0_03\bin\java -jar lib\jaikoz.jar”
Jaikoz can now load 25k files using only ~500MB memory on XP and runs really smoother