This is aggravated by the fact that some parts of the garbage collection is what’s called a stop the world (STW) event. This means that while the garbage collection is running the software will freeze ...

Tackling memory limitations imposed on Java applications, Terracotta on Tuesday will offer what it describes as a breakthrough in solving the “universal problem” of Java garbage collection ...

Java garbage collection is an automatic process, which means that the programmer does not need to explicitly deallocate memory. The garbage collector keeps track of which objects are in use and which ...

Generational Z Garbage Collector would lower garbage collection CPU overhead, lower heap memory overhead, and reduce the risk of allocations stalls, OpenJDK proposal says.

In Java, objects live in memory. When we start the JVM, some memory from the operating system (OS) will be allocated to the JVM. Once the memory is allocated, we can use that memory to run our Java ...

How to force Java garbage collection. While a developer can never actually force Java garbage collection, there are ways to make the JVM prioritize memory management functions. In review, five ways to ...

One of the reasons developers love Java is that the JVM performs garbage collection (GC) for them. One of the reasons system admins hate the JVM is the unpredictable nature of Java GC.A Java GC ...

BigMemory Ehcache Addon Dumps Java Garbage Collection. By John K. Waters; 09/16/10; Terracotta has released to beta a new Java addon for the Enterprise version of its Ehcache distributed Java caching ...