Troubleshooting Java memory problems can be tricky. In this article, we discuss the proper approach for locating them, and we take a look at a wide range of tools we can use to eradicate them.

A C programmer manages most datastructure memory allocations himself, and sizeof() is indispensable for knowing memory block sizes to allocate. Additionally, C memory allocators like malloc() do ...

JVM heap analysis with Java Flight Recorder Here’s how the Java Flight Recorder’s Old Object Sample event works. When a recording is started, a fixed number of objects from the Java heap are tracked.

Why is it such a common solution for memory allocation errors? We’ll start with the perils of memory management in languages like C and C++, which do not use garbage collection.

How to use Java JVM options To use any of these JVM options, simply append them as text after the java runtime command. For example, the following command runs an app called Go with six different ...