Tech Tip: GSS-00275

Last Updated September 1999

Applies to GemStone/S 5.1.x, but useful for all versions of GemStone/S and GemStone/S 64-bit.

This paper describes GarbageCollection internal mechanisms, including the statistics changes for each step and tuning hints. While this was written for GemStone/S 5.1.4, much of the information applies to later versions of GemStone/S and GemStone/S 64 Bit.

Word document describing GarbageCollection