I do it like this: in my .bashrc
export JVM_OPTS="-XX:+UseG1GC" export LEIN_JVM_OPTS="-XX:+UseG1GC" You can verify that it's working by checking jvisualvm's view of the jvm-opts on the relevant processes. Running it system-wide has given me reduced memory-pressure on my lappie with no downside. On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Lee Spector <lspec...@hampshire.edu> wrote: > > Does anyone know what to put in :jvm-opts in project.clj to use the G1 > garbage collector? I see a lot about how G1 works and how to configure it > in web search results, but not this little nugget of info. > > Also, if anyone has any advice about GC for my use case I'd love to hear > it. My use case is: generating lots and lots of garbage in long-running, > CPU-intensive, multicore processes. I want to minimize overall runtime and > don't much care about responsiveness at all. > > Thanks, > > -Lee > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.