Multiplayer games require extensive management techniques, both for server and client systems. The JVM runs the garbage collection thread in a low-priority thread and periodically runs. Server administrators previously used an incremental garbage collection schema using the now depreciated -Xincgc command-line option to avoid server stalls that occur when the server is overloaded. The goal is to have garbage collection run more frequently and with much shorter execution cycles each time.
When considering memory usage and garbage collection, it is important to use as little memory on the target system as possible and to limit pauses for garbage collection to the extent feasible. These tips are especially ...
