OPTIMIZING MEMORY USAGE ACROSS MULTIPLE GARBAGE COLLECTED COMPUTER ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.

主权项

1. In a system comprised of a plurality of applications wherein each application includes a heap memory wherein unused memory in the heap memory is reclaimed by a garbage collector, a method for improving memory allocation comprising the steps of:
determining a level of memory usage for each application from a level of garbage collection activity of each application; and in response to an application exhibiting a high level of memory usage, increasing a maximum heap memory of the application and decreasing a maximum heap memory of at least one application exhibiting a lower level of memory usage.