Reduce the Cloud Bill of Your Java Applications

Are you running your applications on the cloud? If so, then you already know that your cloud provider charges you according to the resources (CPU, memory, disk) used by your applications. The more resources your applications consume, the higher your cloud bill will be! What can you do to reduce the resources being used by your Java applications, and save money from your cloud bill?

Use a Virtual Machine That Consumes Less Memory

The first option would be to run your Java applications on a Virtual Machine that consumes less memory. If you attempt to download the latest release of Java from AdoptOpenJDK, you will notice that 2 different flavors are available, with each one of them using a different Virtual Machine (VM):