!eeheap -gc showing only 1 GC heap although my process is running on quad-core processor machine

Question

My .net based application is running on a quad-core machine but when I run !eeheap -gc command it shows

Number of GC Heaps: 1

Does it mean my application is not using all 4 processors? Any idea why this may be happening and how this behaviour can be changed?

Why do you expect one GC heap per processor? Memory is shared between processors, so it doesn't make sense to have one heap per processor. — svick, Jun 22 '11 at 22:21
@svick: Google about difference between server and workstation modes of GC. You will get the answer. — Silverlight Student, Jun 23 '11 at 13:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '11 at 23:53

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You would have to enable Server GC to have multiple heaps

<Configuration>
    <runtime>
        <gcServer enabled=“true“ />
    </runtime>
</Configuration>

answered Jun 22 '11 at 23:53

Naveen

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