Where is this paper? Can you provide a link? A problem similar to this was discussed earlier this week.
Since you do not make it clear that you are using Struts or even a web application, please prepend your posts with [OT] next time. robert > -----Original Message----- > From: Au-Yeung, Stella H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:58 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: Garbage Collection > > > A few question on Garbage Collection. I read the paper on "Tuning Garbage > Collection". Can someone tell me: > 1) What's the default size of 'Permanent Generation'. > 2) How to print out the available memory in 'Permanent Gereration'? My > 'OutOfMemoryError' may be due to this space is fulled. > 3) The paper talkes about 'Promptness' (which is the time between when an > object becomes dead and when the memory becomes available). Is there a > default of this time. Can I print out what's the setting is. I also > suspend that my 'OutOfMemoryError' is due to memory from dead > objecs are not > released soon enough. > 4) If I use 'NewRatio' to set the ratio between young and old generation, > why do I need 'NewSize' and 'MaxNewSize' since the latter too > are to bound > the young generation size. Doesn't that 'NewRatio' already > setting the size > of the young generation with respect to the old generation and the total > heap size? > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Stella > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]