Garbage First (G1) Collector - "+XX:+UseG1GC"

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on the Garbage First (G1) Collector specified by the '+XX:+UseG1GC' JVM option. Topics include introduction the G1 Collector; G1 log message format; Stop-The-World behavior of G1 Collector.


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What Is Garbage First (G1) Collector

Garbage First GC Log Message Format

"-XX:ParallelGCThreads=6" - G1 Parallel Threads

Stop-The-World Log Messages of Garbage First Collector

"-XX:+PrintHeapAtGC" - Heap at Each GC

"-XX:G1HeapRegionSize=n" - G1 Region Size

G1 Humongous Allocation - Objects Too Large

"-XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution" - Object Age

"-XX:+MaxTenuringThreshold=0" - Skip G1 Survivors

G1 Major GC Phases

G1 Major GC Copy Phase Failed - Full GC

G1 Major GC Mark Phase Failed - Full GC


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Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Heap Memory Area and Size Control

 JVM Garbage Collection Logging

 Introduction of Garbage Collectors

 Serial Collector - "+XX:+UseSerialGC"

 Parallel Collector - "+XX:+UseParallelGC"

 Concurrent Mark-Sweep (CMS) Collector - "+XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"

Garbage First (G1) Collector - "+XX:+UseG1GC"

 Object References and Garbage Collection

 Garbage Collection Performance Test Program

 Performance Tests on Serial Collector

 Performance Tests on Parallel collector

 Performance Tests on Concurrent collector

 Performance Tests on G1 collector

 Garbage Collection Performance Test Summary

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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