Whats the maximum length array and why?

Question

Whats the maximum length array and why?
I tryed to search the forum but most people was wondering about the maximun length of a String..

Answer 1

for(int i =20;i<=32;i++) {
     try {
          int[] p = new int[(int)Math.pow(2,i)];
          pause(2000); // So that gc doesn't clean away the array before
                          // The OS memory manager gets to update.
          System.out.println("Paused! i: " + i);
     } catch(OutOfMemoryError e) {
          System.out.println("Ex!!");
          pause(10000); // Same sa before.
void pause(int p) {
     try {
          Thread.sleep(p);
     } catch (Exception e) {}
}I worte this little code to test this.
It runs to 2^23 for me.
I am running
AMD Athlon, 512 DDR, Windows 2000 SP4
java version "1.5.0-beta2"
Java was using 42116 Kb RAM and 54632 Kb Swap when its at 2^23