Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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436077 | Science of Computer Programming | 2006 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
In this article we survey and evaluate methods for measuring and/or illustrating the responsiveness of low-latency garbage collectors. These methods include pause time distributions, minimum and bounded mutator utilization curves, percentile utilization curves, and cathedral graphs; the latter we introduce. We also discuss why we believe it is important to evaluate a garbage collector on its compliance against an application-specific goal. We propose to do so with two techniques: Vmetrics and GC overhead graphs.
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