I don’t know anyone who likes investigating a Java heap dump. They can be massive — literally multiple gigs in size. They contain so much information that identifying the cause of a JVM memory leak ...

In this third article in the JVM performance ... approaches and algorithms, you must first know a few things about the Java platform’s memory model. Eventually, the Java heap will be full ...

Serial, Parallel, Concurrent, CMS, G1, Young Gen, New Gen, Old Gen, Perm Gen, Eden, Tenured, Survivor Spaces, Safepoints, and the hundreds of JVM start-up flags. Does ...

Java 12 adds Shenandoah, an experimental garbage-collection algorithm ... Even when the JVM uses only a fraction of its assigned memory due to inactivity, G1 retained the full heap.

To use any of these JVM options, simply append them as text after the java runtime command. For example, the following command runs an app called Go with six different parameter sizes to optimize for ...

The new Microsoft tool for the Azure cloud aims to improve launch times for Java applications and thus reduce cloud costs. Microsoft presents jaz, a JVM launcher ... use of memory and faster ...