JVM Memory Explained Simply: A Visual Guide You'll Actually Understand

Опубликовано: 29 Май 2026
на канале: yCrash
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JVM memory has multiple regions, some are known (Young Generation, Old Generation, Metaspace). Some are unknown (Threads, JNI, Socket Buffers,...). You will understand the purpose of each region in JVM memory. In this video clip, you will learn why your java process will occupy more than -Xmx value you had configured.

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Topics covered in the video:

0:10 - Xmx
1:25 - Java Heap
1:50 - Young Generation
2:05 - Old Generation
3:00 - Meta space
4:30 - Where are the threads stored?
5:20 - Xss
8:17 - Limiting the size of Others region

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