Merge pull request #2049 from NCEAS/feature-1666-misc-k8s-fixes

add note about -XX:+UseG1GC
NCEAS · Jan 13, 2025 · ea0aeef · ea0aeef
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diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ setTomcatEnv() {
     ################################
     ## MEMORY MANAGEMENT
     ################################
+    ## Garbage-First garbage collector is the default (Java17+), so don't need to set -XX:+UseG1GC
+    ## see:
+    ## https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/gctuning/garbage-first-g1-garbage-collector1.html
+    ##
     MEMORY=""
     if [[ -z ${TOMCAT_MEM_MIN} ]] || [[ -z ${TOMCAT_MEM_MAX} ]]; then
         echo "tomcat max or min memory size not found; skipping memory settings"