V8 javascript VM and Node.js memory management options | O sNApMemory management behavior is one of the first topics I wanted to understand in node. This will be part one of two articles in which I intend to explore: Memory management / gc options in the V8 VM that runs node.js applications. Debugging / memory leak analysis for running node servers. At a high level V8 uses a generational memory model with a copy collector and incremental mark and sweep. You
