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JVM Performance Diagnostics

Runtime evidence, heap and native memory, garbage collectors, compilation, warmup, and capacity.

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Key takeaway

Runtime evidence, heap and native memory, garbage collectors, compilation, warmup, and capacity. Start with the related games below when you want to turn the definition into practice.

Why this matters

JVM tuning is safe only when bounded evidence connects a change to user-visible and durable outcomes.

How to practice

Build one falsifiable hypothesis, change one variable, protect evidence, and verify rollback conditions.

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Learning objectives

Build falsifiable JVM performance hypotheses.
Choose evidence for platform and virtual threads.
Run bounded and sensitive-safe JFR recordings.
Distinguish churn, live set, undersizing, and retention.
Trace retained objects to business ownership.
Reconcile JVM and container memory boundaries.

Common mistakes to avoid

Diagnosing from one dump.
Treating carrier threads as requests.
Running unbounded production recordings.
Calling allocation churn a leak.
Setting heap equal to the container limit.
Treating NMT as complete RSS accounting.

Games for JVM Performance Diagnostics

Start with the first game, then use local review history to revisit missed decisions.

Java Advanced

JVM Runtime Evidence Triage

Correlate thread dumps, safepoints, CPU, JFR, dependencies, and container evidence into bounded JVM hypotheses.

Time: 10-12 minutes
Concept: JVM Performance Diagnostics

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Java Advanced

JVM Heap & Native Memory Forensics

Separate retained heap, allocation churn, metaspace, stacks, direct buffers, RSS, and container memory pressure.

Time: 10-12 minutes
Concept: JVM Performance Diagnostics

Play JVM Heap & Native Memory Forensics

Java Advanced

JVM GC Collector Control Room

Read unified GC evidence and compare G1 and ZGC through controlled, reversible service experiments.

Time: 10-12 minutes
Concept: JVM Performance Diagnostics

Play JVM GC Collector Control Room

Java Advanced

JVM Warmup & Capacity Lab

Measure JIT compilation, code cache, warmup, AOT training, and capacity with explicit guardrails and rollback.

Time: 10-12 minutes
Concept: JVM Performance Diagnostics

Play JVM Warmup & Capacity Lab