Tools and tutorials for examining the gen 2 heap

Question

So you're at that time in your project when looking at Performance monitor, wondering "why is my gen 2 heap so large??"

That's where I am, currently. I'm interested in tools and tutorials for examining the contents of the gen 2 heap (and, by extension, gen 1 and 0 and the LOH).

Answer 1

You could try the .NET Memory Profiler. It has the ability to track heap space utilization.

Answer 2

Check out Tess Ferrandez' blog on WinDbg. It has all the details you need for that kind of work (plus a lot more).

Please note that she is currently amusing herself with some Silverlight stuff, but just scroll past that to get to the WinDbg posts.