Heap Dump – Overview
Refer to the above figure (Figure 01). You can see two snaps of the same room. Would you be able to find the difference between them? I assume your answer will be ‘Yes’. Because you…
fastThread – Thread Dump Analyzer
Introduction: fastThread is a fine thread dump analyzer, having all the basic features required to analyse a simple as well as a complex thread dump. It is an online open-source tool and can be accessed…
Thread Dump Analysis
There are several thread dump analysis tools are available to carry out the investigation on Threads and find out the root cause of the issue. Out of those, I found 2 thread dump analysers which are…
Types of Garbage Collectors
Before diving into the different types of garbage collectors, it’s important to understand some basic terms: 1. Serial Garbage Collector (Serial GC) Overview: Behavior: Performance Characteristics: JVM Argument: -XX:+UseSerialGC Recommended Use Cases: Limitations: 2. Parallel…
How does Garbage Collector work?
In our previous article on the Garbage Collector, we explained what a Garbage Collector is and why it is important in Java. We covered the basic concept that Java automatically removes objects from memory when…
Memory Heap
What is Memory Heap? The heap is a special area in a computer’s memory used by programs to store data while the program is running. When a program creates something new (like a text message,…