Garbage collection in Java

Here are some useful resources for understanding and tuning of the garbage collection in Java:

• GC allocation failures
• Plumbr: Java Garbage Collection Handbook
  • Old tenured space
  • Promotion rate
  • GC tuning
  • GC tuning: measuring
  • GC tuning in practise
• Default young generation garbage collector
• fasterj.com (more in-depth)
• On JVM flags
• What causes a full GC to run?
• How to monitor Java GC
• YourKit profiler: memory allocations
• YourKit profiler: garbage collection