[GEODE-8377] User Guide: GFSH GC command should be documented to use only in non-production environments

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0
• Component/s: docs
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Dave Barnes
• Reporter: Dave Barnes
• Created: 22/Jul/20 18:54
• Updated: 10/Sep/20 15:51
• Resolved: 22/Jul/20 21:51

Description

[DWisler] The GSFH GC command is very likely to cause members of GemFire to be kicked out due to being unresponsive, as this is a forced GC event and not always handled well by GC outside of normal GC processing. We need to document that this should only be used in non-production environments, and to not use it if it causes such issues. We are especially susceptible if multiple members run on the same vm/host and/or if the number of cpus is insufficient to handle the “load” needed by GC.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5396