Excessive GC Overhead in Java: Understanding and Solving High Garbage Collection Usage Table of Contents What is Excessive GC Overhead? Common Causes of Excessive GC Overhead Implications of High GC Overhead How to Detect Excessive GC Overhead Key Strategies to Resolve Excessive GC Overhead Conclusion Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Garbage collection (GC) is a critical aspect of memory management in Java. While Java’s automatic memory management system frees developers from manual memory allocation and deallocation, it can lead to performance bottlenecks when GC processes become too frequent or resource-heavy. One common problem faced by Java developers is “Excessive GC Overhead,” where garbage collection consumes an unreasonable amount of system resources, significantly degrading performance. In this blog post, we will dive deep into the causes of excessive GC overhead, its implications on Java application performance, and strategies to mitigate it. We ...