Java 8 GC Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v1.03, by Dr. Herong Yang
Best Garbage Collector and Configuration
This section describes the best garbage collector and configuration for our performance test program, GCPrefp99.java.
After performing enough tests with GCPerfP99.java with different garbage collectors, it's time to compare test results to see who is best garbage collector and with what GC configuration:
Collector Configuration New Gen Throughput Latency G1 Minor GC only 200 M 512/s 3412 ms G1 Minor GC only 400 M 551/s 2439 ms G1 Minor GC only 800 M 565/s 2439 ms G1 Minor GC only 1200 M 565/s 2439 ms Collector Configuration Eden/From Throughput Latency Concurrent Minor GC only 100/100 M 504/s 2439 ms Concurrent Minor GC only 200/200 M 525/s 2439 ms Concurrent Minor GC only 400/400 M 538/s 2439 ms Concurrent Minor GC only 800/100 M 539/s 2439 ms Collector Configuration Eden/From Throughput Latency Parallel Minor GC only 100 M 506/s 2439 ms Parallel Minor GC only 200 M 523/s 2439 ms Parallel Minor GC only 400 M 525/s 2439 ms Collector Configuration Eden/From Throughput Latency Serial Minor GC only 100 M 493/s 2500 ms Serial Minor GC only 200 M 512/s 2439 ms Serial Minor GC only 400 M 520/s 2439 ms
Obviously, the winner is the G1 collector. And the Serial collector is the worst garbage collector.
Also note that, for GCPerfP99.java, the best GC configuration is to use a large Young generation to limit garbage collections to Minor GCs only. This is because GCPerfP99.java uses short-lived objects only.
Table of Contents
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
►Best Garbage Collector and Configuration