Heap fragmentation when using byte arrays

Question

I have a C# 4.0 application (single producer/single consumer) which transfers huge amount of data in chunks. Although there\'s no new memory allocation I run out of memory after

Answer 1

The GC doesn’t compact the large object heap for you, you can still programmatically compact it. The following code snippet illustrates how this can be achieved.

GCSettings.LargeObjectHeapCompactionMode = GCLargeObjectHeapCompactionMode.CompactOnce;
GC.Collect();