Worker Process .Net Garbage Collector Type

This policy controls what mode the Microsoft .Net garbage collector runs in.

The workstation garbage collector will consume less memory but under high load may have higher CPU utilization. The server garbage collector will consume more memory but under high load may have lower CPU utilization.

The default value is to use the workstation garbage collector for agents and the server garbage collector for management servers.

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional

Specify what mode the Microsoft .Net Framework garbage collector should operate in for worker processes created by the System Center Management Service.

Use workstation garbage collector.
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\System Center\Health Service
Value NameRuntime Use Workstation GC
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value1
True Value1
False Value0

Checked = Use workstation garbage collector

Unchecked = Use server garbage collector


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