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Unexplained System.gc() calls due to Remote Method Invocation (RMI) or explicit garbage collections

Troubleshooting


Problem

You observe a pattern of explicit garbage collection on a regular interval (usually every 60 seconds), but the application does not contain any System.gc() calls. The problem might be Remote Method Invocation (RMI) distributed garbage collection.

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Modified date:
03 March 2025

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