Cassandra jvm.options proposal

jvm.options

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#                             jvm.options                                 #
#                                                                         #
# - all flags defined here will be used by cassandra to startup the JVM   #
# - one flag should be specified per line                                 #
# - lines that do not start with '-' will be ignored                      #
# - only static flags are accepted (no variables or parameters)           #
# - dynamic flags will be appended to these on cassandra-env              #
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# HEAP SETTINGS #
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# Heap size is automatically calculated by cassandra-env based on this
# formula: max(min(1/2 ram, 1024MB), min(1/4 ram, 8GB))
# That is:
# - calculate 1/2 ram and cap to 1024MB
# - calculate 1/4 ram and cap to 8192MB
# - pick the max
#
# For production use you may wish to adjust this for your environment.
# If that's the case, uncomment the -Xmx and Xms options below to override the
# automatic calculation of JVM heap memory.
#
# It is recommended to set min (-Xms) and max (-Xmx) heap sizes to
# the same value to avoid stop-the-world GC pauses during resize, and
# so that we can lock the heap in memory on startup to prevent any
# of it from being swapped out.
#-Xms4G
#-Xmx4G

# Young generation size is automatically calculated by cassandra-env
# based on this formula: min(100 * num_cores, 1/4 * heap size)
#
# The main trade-off for the young generation is that the larger it
# is, the longer GC pause times will be. The shorter it is, the more
# expensive GC will be (usually).
#
# It is not recommended to set the young generation size if using the
# G1 GC, since that will override the target pause-time goal.
# More info: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/g1gc-1984535.html
#
# The example below assumes a modern 8-core+ machine for decent
# times. If in doubt, and if you do not particularly want to tweak, go
# 100 MB per physical CPU core.
#-Xmn800M

#################
#  GC SETTINGS  #
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### CMS Settings (legacy mode, enabled by default)

-XX:+UseParNewGC
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
-XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled
-XX:SurvivorRatio=8
-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=1
-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75
-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly
-XX:CMSWaitDuration=10000
-XX:+CMSParallelInitialMarkEnabled
-XX:+CMSEdenChunksRecordAlways

### G1 Settings (experimental, comment previous section and uncomment section below to enable)

## Use the Hotspot garbage-first collector.
#-XX:+UseG1GC
#
## Have the JVM do less remembered set work during STW, instead
## preferring concurrent GC. Reduces p99.9 latency.
#-XX:G1RSetUpdatingPauseTimePercent=5
#
## Main G1GC tunable: lowering the pause target will lower throughput and vise versa.
## 200ms is the JVM default and lowest viable setting
## 1000ms increases throughput. Keep it smaller than the timeouts in cassandra.yaml.
#-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=500

## Optional G1 Settings

# Save CPU time on large (>= 16GB) heaps by delaying region scanning
# until the heap is 70% full. The default in Hotspot 8u40 is 40%.
#-XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=70

# The JVM maximum is 8 PGC threads and 1/4 of that for ConcGC.
# Machines with > 10 cores may need additional threads. Increase to <= full cores.
#-XX:ParallelGCThreads=16
#-XX:ConcGCThreads=16

### GC logging options -- uncomment to enable

# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintGCDetails"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintPromotionFailure"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:PrintFLSStatistics=1"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Xloggc:/var/log/cassandra/gc.log"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=10"
# JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:GCLogFileSize=10M"