Article Suggestion: Know Thy Memory

Questions about YourKit Java Profiler
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rblasch
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Article Suggestion: Know Thy Memory

Post by rblasch »

Just thinking out loud here...

Though documented, people really seem to have issues with
- heap memory sizes, live vs dead objects, allocated / free /used memory, ...
- shallow / retained sizes
- Java memory vs OS memory
...

I'd guess most people without C/C++ experience get bitten by this.

Maybe people would appreciate a little article, where you show how things work, maybe by walking through a simple example, and a few pointers to relevant OS and Java memory articles (eg http://java.sun.com/developer/technical ... LT/RefObj/)

Ron
Anton Katilin
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Post by Anton Katilin »

Hi Ron,

Thank you very much for the suggestion.

We plan to prepare more materials before the release, and I've added your suggestion to the list.

Best regards,
Anton
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