Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.3 2006Q2 Administration Guide

The gc extra margin percent Variable

If the garbage collection is triggered by a reason other than the partition’s size getting close to the maximum allowed size (gc hi margin percent), the garbage collector will use the percentage set by the gc extra margin percent variable to determine the fraction of the cache to remove.

The valid range for gc extra margin percent is 0 to 100 percent. The default value is 30 percent (remove 30 percent of existing cache files).