Suppressing C# garbage collection

Question

My application allocates a large amount of memory (millions of small objects totaling several gigabytes) and holds onto it for a long time.

1. Is .NET wasting time ch

Answer 1

Look at the System.Runtime.GCSettings.LatencyMode property.

Setting the GCServer property to true in the app.config will also help cut down on GC's (in my case 10 times less GC when enabled).