What is Serial garbage collector: -XX:+UseSerialGC?

Usage:

You can choose 1 of the 5 available garbage collectors, one of them is Serial GC:

-XX:+UseSerialGC

Description:

The simplest GC implementation, it works with a single thread for garbage collection process. As a result, it freezes all application threads when it runs, but on the other hand it’s effective in a way that it doesn’t need to communicate between threads. Thus, it's not a good idea to use it in multi-threaded applications, like server environments. The best idea is to use it in a single processor machines, although it can be useful on multiprocessors for applications with small data sets (up to approximately 100 MB).

Default Value:

Default is Parallel GC.

Errors:

None

Arguments related:

TODO link ParallelGCThreads, MaxGCPauseMillis , GCTimeRatio, MinHeapFreeRatio, MaxHeapFreeRatio, Xmx, Xms, UseParallelGC, USeParNewGC, UseG1GC, UseZGC

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