Hmmm, I was under the impression that all clicking the trash can icon did was invoke System.gc(). Is this not the case?
Jason Boehle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Vestal, Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:07 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Eap-list] garbage collecting frequency Michael...thanks for the info...it is useful. However, I now realize I implied the wrong garbage collection. I meant to refer to Idea's memory cleanup (the trashcan on the lower right). Once memory usage gets high, Idea slows down for me (I do have 1 Gig of memory) until that memory usage is cleaned up. If I could state to Idea when to go ahead and clean up some memory, hopefully the slowdowns (they aren't all that often) wouldn't occur. -- Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kirby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 6:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Eap-list] garbage collecting frequency > > > Java gives no reliable way to adjust the garbage collection > times. There are a > number of parameters that can be used to adjust the algorithm > though. All of these > are available to you for intellij: > > see: http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/VMOptions.html > > But if you are experiencing long garbage collection times ( > I.e. > 10 seconds), then > most likely the process is swapped out. The only real answer > is to get more > memory. > > Alternatively, your best bet is to try to increase the size > of the young generation. (try > the -XX:NewRation=2 .. I believe the default is 8 unless you > are running with - > server). > > This will allow more of the objects to garbage collect using > copy, rather than > compaction. If your processor is fast enough, you might > consider turning on > incremental garbage collection as well, (which will > frequently run minor garbage > collection events). > > In short, you need to play arround with the different > parameters available within the > vm. If you find anything that seems to work better, please > post it back! > > Mike > > > On 8 Feb 2002 at 9:04, Vestal, Rick wrote: > > > Is there a way to set a threshold for > > when to garbage collect? > > > > I'd like to be able to specify that if I > > am not active in Intellij for N seconds, > > garbage collect. I'd also like to be able > > to say that if memory is 90% full, garbage > > collect. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- Rick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Eap-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > > > --- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To obtain my PGP public key, mail "SEND PUB KEY" in the > subject to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
