Practice Monitoring And Tuning Garbage Collection (9.9) - Memory Management and Garbage Collection

Practice: Monitoring and Tuning Garbage Collection

Lesson 9.9Memory Management and Garbage Collection

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Question 1.
What is the purpose of the jconsole tool?
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Think about which tool gives a visual representation of JVM performance.
Question 2.
Which JVM option can you use to set the maximum heap size?
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Consider the JVM options that control memory settings.
3Question 3.
Which tool provides a graphical interface for monitoring Java applications?
- jconsole
- jmap
- jstack
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Think about which option has a visual aspect.
4Question 4.
True or False: The -Xmx JVM option sets the minimum heap size.
- True
- False
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What do you know about minimum and maximum configurations in JVM?
Question 5.
You are tasked with optimizing a Java application that suffers from long garbage collection pauses. What steps would you recommend, and which JVM options would you include?
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Consider the implications of each setting you choose.
Question 6.
Analyze a scenario where memory usage rapidly increases, leading to frequent GC. How would you address this in terms of configuration and monitoring?
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What tools or options might help identify the source of rapid memory usage?

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