setenv.sh tomcat6-7 original from https://raw.github.com/terrancesnyder/tomcat/master/shared/template/bin/setenv.sh

gistfile1.sh

sudo nano /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/setenv.sh
sudo chown tomcat7:tomcat7  /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/setenv.sh

setenv.sh

#! /bin/sh

# reset default tomcat JAVA_OPTS (angelo)
export JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true"

# discourage address map swapping by setting Xms and Xmx to the same value
# http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Garbage+Collector+Performance+Issues
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Xms512m"
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Xmx512m"

# Increase maximum perm size for web base applications to 4x the default amount
# http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Memoryhttp://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Memory
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -XX:MaxPermSize=512m"

# Reset the default stack size for threads to a lower value (by 1/10th original)
# By default this can be anywhere between 512k -> 1024k depending on x32 or x64
# bit Java version.
# http://www.springsource.com/files/uploads/tomcat/tomcatx-large-scale-deployments.pdf
# http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/hotspotfaq-138619.html
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Xss192k"

# Oracle Java as default, uses the serial garbage collector on the
# Full Tenured heap. The Young space is collected in parallel, but the
# Tenured is not. This means that at a time of load if a full collection
# event occurs, since the event is a 'stop-the-world' serial event then
# all application threads other than the garbage collector thread are
# taken off the CPU. This can have severe consequences if requests continue
# to accrue during these 'outage' periods. (specifically webservices, webapps)
# [Also enables adaptive sizing automatically]
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -XX:+UseParallelGC"

# This is interpreted as a hint to the garbage collector that pause times
# of <nnn> milliseconds or less are desired. The garbage collector will
# adjust the  Java heap size and other garbage collection related parameters
# in an attempt to keep garbage collection pauses shorter than <nnn> milliseconds.
# http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc5.0/ergo5.html
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=1500"

# A hint to the virtual machine that it.s desirable that not more than:
# 1 / (1 + GCTimeRation) of the application execution time be spent in
# the garbage collector.
# http://themindstorms.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/advanced-jvm-tuning-for-low-pause/
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -XX:GCTimeRatio=9"

# The hotspot server JVM has specific code-path optimizations
# which yield an approximate 10% gain over the client version.
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -server"

# Disable remote (distributed) garbage collection by Java clients
# and remove ability for applications to call explicit GC collection
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -XX:+DisableExplicitGC"

# Check for application specific parameters at startup
if [ -r "$CATALINA_BASE/bin/app.sh" ]; then
  . "$CATALINA_BASE/bin/app.sh"
fi

echo "Using CATALINA_OPTS:"
for arg in $CATALINA_OPTS
do
    echo ">> " $arg
done
echo ""

echo "Using JAVA_OPTS:"
for arg in $JAVA_OPTS
do
    echo ">> " $arg
done

echo ""
echo "Tomcat Configuration: '$CATALINA_CONF'"
echo "Tomcat Logging: '$LOGGING_CONFIG'"

echo "_______________________________________________"
echo ""