# Migrating to Java G1GC garbage collection

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**Category:** Ignition\
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**Created:** [June 27, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/migrating-to-java-g1gc-garbage-collection/18638 "2018-06-27T00:18:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/migrating-to-java-g1gc-garbage-collection/18638/2 "2018-06-27T01:47:48Z")

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Oracle backed out of its announced rollout of G1GC as the default in Java 8. It supposedly is the default finally in Java 9, but I haven’t switch to 9 yet. Adding the switches won’t hurt anything if its the default.

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