--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	2013-09-30 21:54:00.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	2013-09-30 21:54:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@
   product(uintx, OldSize, ScaleForWordSize(4*M),                            \
           "Initial tenured generation size (in bytes)")                     \
                                                                             \
-  product(uintx, NewSize, ScaleForWordSize(1*M),                            \
+  product(uintx, NewSize, ScaleForWordSize(2*M),                            \
           "Initial new generation size (in bytes)")                         \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MaxNewSize, max_uintx,                                     \