Thank you for the information! "James Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > bort wrote: > > >If System.runFinalization() and System.gc() are misleading... what should I > >use instead, to force to garbage collection? > > > >So, the amount of memory the JVM uses, will always increase? How do I get > >it to decrease? > > > You can't get it to decrease, but if you have the memory large enough > so that it doesn't have to request any more from the system, it won't > continue to grow. > If it is growing without bounds you probably have a memory leak. > > JDK1.5.0beta seems to have an improved garbage collection tuning built > in, and that may be of some help, but if you have a leak then all you > can do it find it. > > You may want to learn more about garbage collection. > You could use these references: > http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc1.4.2/faq.html > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp11253/ > http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc1.4.2/ > > >256 was an arbitrary choice. Is there some formula I should be using (based > >on projected traffic)? > > > The links above, esp the third one, should help you to determine what > is a good size. > > -- > "Love is mutual self-giving that ends in self-recovery." Fulton Sheen > James Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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