Info wanted on GC algorithms

[Y. Srinivas Ramakrishna]

If you point yr browser to:-

      http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/hotspot/gc/

it's the memory management white-paper, viz. :-

     
http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/hotspot/gc/memorymanagement_whitepaper.pdf

It doesn't however contain a description of the latest, namely G1 
(experimental in 6u14), for which you'd
get the gory details in:-

     http://research.sun.com/jtech/pubs/04-g1-paper-ismm.pdf

-- ramki

Dan Hicks wrote:
> Where would be the best place to look for a general description of the 
> (reportedly) 3.5 different GC algorithms/modes in hotspot?  Not 
> looking for gory details, just a general outline.
>