News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on ... by devonkim on Thursday August 30, 2018 @02:14PM (#17879197)
I’ve heard a pretty effective, lazy strategy for this scenario is to oversize the heap to avoid GCs through the trading day and to simply restart the application before the next day. Unsure if it’s viable for all trading platforms, but it makes sense for some I’m sure.
Re:Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on ... by hermitdev on Thursday August 30, 2018 @04:33PM (#17880484)
Depends on your order volume. Sure an oversized heap may work for low order volume, but if you're dealing with high volume, even hundreds of gigabytes of RAM isn't even for a trading day.

And yeah, we restart everyday (we only trade US equities, so plenty of downtime for a restart).