GC logs are vital artifacts to troubleshoot memory/CPU related problems and optimize applications performance. In Sep 2017, the much-awaited java 9 got released. In this release, GC logging is re-implemented using Unified GC logging framework (JEP 271). Unified logging framework is a new initiative to introduce a common logging systems for all components of JVM (ompiler, gc, classload, metaspace, svc, jfr, …).
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Garbage collection has more profound impact on the application in contrary to what most engineers think. In order to optimize memory and garbage collection settings and to troubleshoot memory-related problems, one has to analyze Garbage Collection logs.
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Time taken by every single GC event is reported in the GC log. In every GC event, there are ‘user’, ‘sys’, and ‘real’ time. Continue reading “REAL TIME IS GREATER THAN USER AND SYS TIME”