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 ...

Java applications run on the JVM, but what do you know about JVM technology? This article, the first in a series, is an overview of how a classic Java virtual machine works such as pros and cons ...

G1, under this proposal, would be enhanced to automatically return Java heap memory to the operating system when idle. This memory would be released in a reasonable period of time when there is ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Heap dump is a snapshot of the Java memory. It contains information about the Java objects and ...

Memory bugs, essentially a mistake in the management of heap memory, can occur in any program that is ... difficult to track down with conventional tools on even a simple desktop architecture, and are ...

It’s only when the application gets pushed to production do they realize, 'Hold on, this needs a gigabyte of memory to run,'" he says. While Java applications have mainly been managed at runtime ...

An increase in maximum Java heap size up to 2TBs per JVM instance, extending the capabilities of Java-based in-memory computing implementations and greatly improving the end-user experience ...