diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.test/src/com/sap/sse/test/JvmMemorySizeSpecTest.java b/java/com.sap.sse.test/src/com/sap/sse/test/JvmMemorySizeSpecTest.java
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+package com.sap.sse.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.sap.sse.util.JvmUtils;
+
+public class JvmMemorySizeSpecTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testPlainBytes() {
+        assertEquals(1, (int) JvmUtils.getMegabytesFromJvmSize(""+1024*1024).get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMegsLowercase() {
+        assertEquals(1024, (int) JvmUtils.getMegabytesFromJvmSize("1024m").get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMegsUppercase() {
+        assertEquals(1024, (int) JvmUtils.getMegabytesFromJvmSize("1024M").get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGigsLowercase() {
+        assertEquals(1024, (int) JvmUtils.getMegabytesFromJvmSize("1g").get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGigsUppercase() {
+        assertEquals(10240, (int) JvmUtils.getMegabytesFromJvmSize("10G").get());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testRoundingUp() {
+        assertEquals(1, (int) JvmUtils.getMegabytesFromJvmSize("100").get());
+        assertEquals(1, (int) JvmUtils.getMegabytesFromJvmSize(""+1024*1023).get());
+        assertEquals(2, (int) JvmUtils.getMegabytesFromJvmSize(""+1024*1025).get());
+    }
+}
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