by Karun Subramanian
on December 26, 2014
One of the deadliest errors you can encounter in your Java application is ‘OutOfMemory’ error. The impact this error can have in your application and your business can be enormous. I have seen organizations spend countless hours struggling to fix this error while continuing to have degraded end-user experience (a sure-fire way to lose credibility). One company was actually restarting their application every three hours just to avoid an ugly hang due to OOM. How sad?
In this article, I would like to point out the most important tuning parameter in your Java application. If you get this wrong, no matter how much tuning you put in, you will end up with an OOM sooner or later. Note that there are tons of tuning parameters available to tune the memory. Most of these may not have any effect at all, and some have game-changing effect. The parameter I’m about to reveal is of later kind and the mother of all parameters. This should be the first parameter you should be analyzing to zero-in.
Without further due, here it is.
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by Karun Subramanian
on December 18, 2014
Do you know the single biggest reason why some APM solutions fail?
Do you know what you have to do first before you even begin evaluating various APM solutions?
Do you know the hidden cost in any APM system?
Selecting an APM solution can be tedious task. In this free 18 pages eBook, I present 9 criteria to choose a reliable APM with highest ROI. I’ve derived these criteria based on years of supporting Application infrastructure of various sizes. These criteria will help you clearly understand what exactly you should be looking for in any potential APM solution. You will be ready to ask the right questions when you meet with the APM vendor and will not be caught off guard later.
Enjoy the eBook and Good Luck.
by Karun Subramanian
on June 17, 2014
Java heap related issues can cause severe damage to your application that will directly result in poor end user experience. Care must be taken to tune the Heap related parameters that suit your application. Out of the box default parameters are not enough.
Quick overview:
Java Heap is the memory used by your application to create and store objects. You define the maximum memory that can be for the Heap by specifying ‘-Xmx<size>’ java command line option (Example: ‘-Xmx1024m‘, where m stands for Mega bytes). As your application runs, it will gradually fill up Heap. JVM periodically runs a process called ‘Garbage collection’ (GC) which will scan the heap and clear objects that are no longer referenced by your application.One cannot request Garbage Collection on demand. Only JVM can decide when to run GC.
Let me walk you through four of the most common Java Heap related issues and how to fix them.
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