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Tuning the garbage collector is the most important thing that can be done to improve the performance of a Java application. GC is typically caused when the JVM decides GC is necessary, specifically when: OpenJDK has three collectors suitable for production, with different performance characteristics. In order to study the GC behaviours in application, it … Read moreJava Garbage Collection
There are too many metrics that describes some aspects about memory in Linux. Further to an old article on this site, where several concepts were discussed, this posting will make sense of those common metrics in Linux, CentOS as an example. The most fundamental command is free and my favourite switch is -h for human … Read moreHow memory usage adds up in Linux
When speaking about memory there are a few concepts that I had to wrap my head around. I’m hence putting them together for future reference. The fine details should be covered in any university course on computer architecture. To keep it simple, I’m only covering a high level in Linux. Much of the content below … Read moreHow is memory managed in Linux