Posts tagged: Concurrent GC

Garbage Collection Types and Server GC vs Workstation GC

By , May 27, 2012

In my previous article (Garbage Collection – up to .Net Framework 3.5) I explained basic concept of Garbage Collection. In this article I will explain about types of GC in CLR.

The CLR provides two types of garbage collection

  1. Workstation garbage collection
  2. Server garbage collection.

 

Several times I have heard one common question in the community asking the differences between server and workstation GC, and how Concurrent GC fits in-between. Let me try to explain here: Read more »