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Asked: 2026-06-17T17:27:47+00:00

I am new to jstat tool. Therefore I did a sample as below. ./jstat

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I am new to jstat tool. Therefore I did a sample as below.

./jstat -gcutil -t 4001 5000
Timestamp         S0     S1     E      O      P     YGC     YGCT    FGC    FGCT     GCT
       565088.4   0.00   0.89  75.86  40.59  84.80    405    3.822     4    0.549    4.371
       565093.4   0.00   0.89  77.81  40.59  84.80    405    3.822     4    0.549    4.371
       565098.4   0.00   0.89  77.81  40.59  84.80    405    3.822     4    0.549    4.371
       565103.5   0.00   0.89  77.85  40.59  84.80    405    3.822     4    0.549    4.371
       565108.5   0.00   0.89  77.85  40.59  84.80    405    3.822     4    0.549    4.371
       565113.4   0.00   0.89  77.85  40.59  84.80    405    3.822     4    0.549    4.371


jstat -gc output

 S0C    S1C    S0U    S1U      EC       EU        OC         OU       PC     PU    YGC     YGCT    FGC    FGCT     GCT
704.0  704.0   0.4    0.0    6080.0   4013.8   14928.0     6335.2   21248.0 18019.6    436    3.957   4      0.549    4.506
704.0  704.0   0.4    0.0    6080.0   4016.6   14928.0     6335.2   21248.0 18019.6    436    3.957   4      0.549    4.506
704.0  704.0   0.4    0.0    6080.0   4135.4   14928.0     6335.2   21248.0 18019.6    436    3.957   4      0.549    4.506
704.0  704.0   0.4    0.0    6080.0   4135.4   14928.0     6335.2   21248.0 18019.6    436    3.957   4      0.549    4.506
704.0  704.0   0.4    0.0    6080.0   4135.4   14928.0     6335.2   21248.0 18019.6    436    3.957   4      0.549    4.506
704.0  704.0   0.4    0.0    6080.0   4135.4   14928.0     6335.2   21248.0 18019.6    436    3.957   4      0.549    4.506

What does this results indicates? Which are the columns to look out for possible memory problem e.g. memory leak etc.

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  1. Editorial Team

    See the documentation:

    https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/unix/jstat.html

    Basically one row is one point in time. The columns show data about the JVM memory areas (Survivor, Eden, …), understanding them is impossible without knowing how the JVM works.

    For example in the article JVM garbage collection in young generation there is some explanation.

    Here is the excerpt how JVM object generation works:

    Eden is a place where new objects created. When the Eden is full, a small GC is run: if an object has no reference to it, it will be deleted, otherwise it will survive, and move to the Survivor space (only one of the survivor spaces in use at a time, all objects from the other space is copied there).

    If an object survives a certain number of back-and-forth copying, it is moved to Old space. If the Old space is full, a Full GC is run, which affects all objects in the JVM, so it is much heavier operation.

    Also, there is the Permanent space, where the “metadata” (class descriptors, field, method, … descriptors) are stored.

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