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Is there any way to detect memory usage of a .net application while running and implement internal memory flushing/freeing (i.e. limit my application to use 500mb ram through configuration) obviously the freeing would be done by yourself.
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Manfred Rudolf Bihy 1-Oct-12 9:55am    
Yes, there is. Come on, google broken again or what? (+3) :P You ought to know better than coming here with a "question" like that!
Mehdi Gholam 1-Oct-12 10:12am    
Everyone slips up every now and again :)
Manfred Rudolf Bihy 1-Oct-12 10:31am    
No worries! Sh*t happens as they say. ;)

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You can check the memory usage of any process:

If it reaches a certain size you can dispose of unwanted objects and call garbage collection.

C#
System.Diagnostics.Process p = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess();
long memory = p.PrivateMemorySize64;
if(memory > 500 * 1024 * 1024)
{
  //dispose of unwanted object
  GC.Collect();
}


Although from my experience GC.Collect() doesn't always work when you ask it too. The process memory may keep growing until the framework decides it need to free up some space.
 
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Mehdi Gholam 1-Oct-12 10:14am    
Yes, although this would imply polling, I was really after some way of getting an event or even when the GC is about to fire.
Stephen Hewison 1-Oct-12 10:38am    
Yes, and I hate to get almost philosophical, but don't all events begin with a poll? It's just us spoilt 3rd generation language developers aren't used to having manage it.

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