# Memory usage and garbage collector

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 29, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-usage-and-garbage-collector/35170 "2020-05-29T16:27:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-usage-and-garbage-collector/35170/2 "2020-05-29T17:01:42Z")

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Yes, you probably wnat to change to G1GC. You can’t manually tell the garbage collector to work, but as far as I know G1GC is the most recommended on to change to for Ignition. Check out this post [Gateway / Java question 7.7.2](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-java-question-7-7-2/10402/2)

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