Garbage-First Garbage Collection David Detlefs, Christine Flood, Steve Heller, Tony Printezis Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1 Network Drive, Burlington, MA 01803, USA {david.detlefs, christine.flood, steve.heller, tony.printezis}@sun.com ABSTRACT Garbage-First is a server-style garbage collector, targeted for multi-processors with large memories, that meets a soft real-time goal with high probability,