Tag: application

Load Average – indicator for CPU demand only?

The 'Load Average' metric, often mistaken as solely CPU demand, also reflects I/O demand. A case study using BuggyApp demonstrated this, showing high disk I/O operations led to a Load Average of 5.0 on a single CPU system, despite low CPU utilization. Thus, Load Average encompasses both CPU and I/O activity.

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7 JVM arguments of Highly Effective Applications

The article details important JVM arguments affecting garbage collection and memory management, highlighting seven key options such as -Xmx, for heap size, and various garbage collection algorithms, including Z GC. It emphasizes the importance of setting appropriate timeouts and handling OutOfMemoryError for maintaining application performance and reliability.

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