How to request the Garbage Collector in node.js to run?

Question

At startup, it seems my node.js app uses around 200MB of memory. If I leave it alone for a while, it shrinks to around 9MB.

Is it possible from within the app to:

Answer 1

One thing I would suggest, is that unless you need those files right at startup, try to load only when you need them.

EDIT: Refer to the post above.