Because Garbage Collection can be resource intensive is why there are different types of GC methods and many settings for each.
It's best to research the GC types and experiment with the ones that make the most sense for your hardware and CF Applications. I provide a cursory description of GC in this blog post, but I have links in there to the heavy hitting docs by Sun. http://www.trunkful.com/index.cfm/2008/11/25/How-to-Tune-the-JVM-Part-2 Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does this run Garbage Collection for the whole coldfusion server? > > Yes. > > > This doesn't sound like a good idea but I am going to ask, What would > the > > ramifications be of putting that code in a scheduled task and running it > every so often? > > I think I read before that too much garbage collection could slow things > down. > > There are so many variables in play here that you can't get a single > definitive answer. In general, though, garbage collection can both be > resource-intensive and can cause other tasks to wait. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more informatio > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:324946 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
