G1 to-space-overflow on one server (but not on another identical server under identical load)

Ryan Gardner ryebrye at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 19:29:02 PST 2012


We're doing some load testing of an instance of a solr search that has a
pretty frequent replication... the object allocation rates are all over the
map, and tuning it with CMS was very difficult and we weren't able to meet
our latency targets - so we decided to try G1.

I'm running some tests now, and I have two identical servers that are
getting identical traffic. on one server, here's an excerpt from the gc
log:

Here are the VM arguments that I'm using:
  -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -XX:+PrintGCDetails
-XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=150
-XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseG1GC -Xmx24G -Xms24G

Is there some option I can set to stack the deck in favor of avoiding a
"to-space-overflow"?

If anyone is interested, I can provide the full GC logs from both of the
servers -

2012-11-30T01:42:21.857+0000: 4571.106: [GC pause (young), 0.08561600 secs]
   [Parallel Time:  62.0 ms]
      [GC Worker Start (ms):  4571107.0  4571107.0  4571107.0  4571107.0
 4571107.1  4571107.1  4571107.2  4571107.2  4571107.2  4571107.3
 4571107.3  4571107.3  4571107.4  4571107.4  4571107.4  4571107.5
 4571107.5  4571107.5
       Avg: 4571107.2, Min: 4571107.0, Max: 4571107.5, Diff:   0.5]
      [Ext Root Scanning (ms):  1.2  1.2  1.1  1.1  1.1  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
 1.0  0.9  1.2  0.8  0.9  1.0  0.9  0.8  0.8
       Avg:   1.0, Min:   0.8, Max:   1.2, Diff:   0.5]
      [Update RS (ms):  8.1  8.3  8.1  8.1  8.0  8.1  8.2  7.9  8.1  8.1
 8.2  7.9  8.0  8.0  7.8  8.1  8.1  8.9
       Avg:   8.1, Min:   7.8, Max:   8.9, Diff:   1.1]
         [Processed Buffers : 13 14 15 13 15 11 17 15 11 14 14 11 12 13 13
11 11 11
          Sum: 234, Avg: 13, Min: 11, Max: 17, Diff: 6]
      [Scan RS (ms):  0.4  0.3  0.5  0.5  0.7  0.6  0.6  0.7  0.6  0.5  0.5
 0.5  0.7  0.6  0.6  0.4  0.6  0.1
       Avg:   0.5, Min:   0.1, Max:   0.7, Diff:   0.6]
      [Object Copy (ms):  47.2  47.1  46.9  47.0  47.0  48.6  46.9  47.0
 46.9  46.9  47.0  46.9  47.0  47.7  47.1  47.0  46.9  48.3
       Avg:  47.2, Min:  46.9, Max:  48.6, Diff:   1.7]
      [Termination (ms):  1.9  1.8  1.9  1.9  1.9  0.3  1.8  1.8  1.9  1.9
 1.8  1.8  1.9  1.2  1.7  1.9  1.8  0.0
       Avg:   1.6, Min:   0.0, Max:   1.9, Diff:   1.9]
         [Termination Attempts : 9 8 14 13 16 16 8 1 17 20 12 14 18 11 18
18 17 18
          Sum: 248, Avg: 13, Min: 1, Max: 20, Diff: 19]
      [GC Worker End (ms):  4571166.1  4571165.7  4571165.7  4571166.0
 4571166.0  4571165.9  4571165.8  4571166.0  4571165.7  4571165.7
 4571165.7  4571165.7  4571165.7  4571165.9  4571166.1  4571166.2
 4571165.7  4571165.9
       Avg: 4571165.8, Min: 4571165.7, Max: 4571166.2, Diff:   0.5]
      [GC Worker (ms):  59.1  58.7  58.7  58.9  58.9  58.8  58.6  58.8
 58.5  58.4  58.4  58.4  58.3  58.6  58.7  58.7  58.2  58.4
       Avg:  58.6, Min:  58.2, Max:  59.1, Diff:   0.9]
      [GC Worker Other (ms):  3.3  3.4  3.4  3.4  3.4  3.5  3.6  3.6  3.6
 3.7  3.7  3.7  3.7  3.8  3.8  3.8  3.9  3.9
       Avg:   3.6, Min:   3.3, Max:   3.9, Diff:   0.5]
   [Clear CT:   2.3 ms]
   [Other:  21.2 ms]
      [Choose CSet:   0.2 ms]
      [Ref Proc:   5.8 ms]
      [Ref Enq:   0.1 ms]
      [Free CSet:  13.6 ms]
   [Eden: 6728M(6728M)->0B(4472M) Survivors: 376M->616M Heap:
10758M(24576M)->4264M(24576M)]
 [Times: user=1.08 sys=0.00, real=0.08 secs]
2012-11-30T01:42:27.493+0000: 4576.742: [GC pause (young), 0.06992900 secs]
   [Parallel Time:  52.4 ms]
      [GC Worker Start (ms):  4576742.7  4576742.8  4576742.8  4576742.8
 4576742.9  4576742.9  4576743.0  4576743.0  4576743.1  4576743.1
 4576743.1  4576743.2  4576743.2  4576743.2  4576743.3  4576743.3
 4576743.3  4576743.3
       Avg: 4576743.1, Min: 4576742.7, Max: 4576743.3, Diff:   0.6]
      [Ext Root Scanning (ms):  1.4  1.3  1.4  1.1  1.0  1.2  1.1  1.0  1.2
 0.9  1.1  1.1  1.2  1.1  1.0  1.0  0.8  0.7
       Avg:   1.1, Min:   0.7, Max:   1.4, Diff:   0.7]
      [Update RS (ms):  0.8  0.7  0.6  0.8  0.7  2.4  0.7  0.8  0.7  1.1
 0.7  0.8  0.4  0.4  0.4  0.7  0.8  1.2
       Avg:   0.8, Min:   0.4, Max:   2.4, Diff:   2.0]
         [Processed Buffers : 2 2 1 7 4 1 6 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
          Sum: 39, Avg: 2, Min: 1, Max: 7, Diff: 6]
      [Scan RS (ms):  0.1  0.4  0.3  0.3  0.3  0.1  0.4  0.2  0.0  0.0  0.1
 0.0  0.2  0.3  0.4  0.1  0.2  0.0
       Avg:   0.2, Min:   0.0, Max:   0.4, Diff:   0.3]
      [Object Copy (ms):  47.2  47.4  47.3  47.3  47.4  45.7  47.4  47.4
 47.2  47.4  47.4  47.1  47.5  47.2  47.2  47.1  47.4  47.0
       Avg:  47.2, Min:  45.7, Max:  47.5, Diff:   1.8]
      [Termination (ms):  0.3  0.1  0.2  0.2  0.3  0.3  0.0  0.0  0.2  0.0
 0.1  0.3  0.0  0.2  0.2  0.3  0.1  0.3
       Avg:   0.2, Min:   0.0, Max:   0.3, Diff:   0.3]
         [Termination Attempts : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
          Sum: 18, Avg: 1, Min: 1, Max: 1, Diff: 0]
      [GC Worker End (ms):  4576792.6  4576792.6  4576792.6  4576792.7
 4576792.8  4576792.7  4576792.8  4576792.9  4576792.8  4576792.7
 4576792.6  4576792.6  4576792.8  4576792.6  4576792.6  4576792.6
 4576792.6  4576792.6
       Avg: 4576792.7, Min: 4576792.6, Max: 4576792.9, Diff:   0.3]
      [GC Worker (ms):  49.8  49.8  49.8  49.9  49.9  49.8  49.8  49.8
 49.7  49.5  49.5  49.4  49.6  49.3  49.3  49.3  49.3  49.3
       Avg:  49.6, Min:  49.3, Max:  49.9, Diff:   0.6]
      [GC Worker Other (ms):  2.6  2.6  2.6  2.7  2.7  2.8  2.8  2.9  3.0
 3.0  3.0  3.0  3.1  3.1  3.1  3.1  3.2  3.2
       Avg:   2.9, Min:   2.6, Max:   3.2, Diff:   0.6]
   [Clear CT:   1.6 ms]
   [Other:  15.9 ms]
      [Choose CSet:   0.2 ms]
      [Ref Proc:   3.5 ms]
      [Ref Enq:   0.1 ms]
      [Free CSet:  10.0 ms]
   [Eden: 4472M(4472M)->0B(16704M) Survivors: 616M->288M Heap:
8736M(24576M)->4279M(24576M)]
 [Times: user=0.92 sys=0.01, real=0.07 secs]
2012-11-30T01:43:06.366+0000: 4615.615: [GC pause (young) (to-space
overflow), 7.55314600 secs]
   [Parallel Time: 5994.5 ms]
      [GC Worker Start (ms):  4615616.3  4615616.4  4615616.4  4615616.4
 4615616.4  4615616.4  4615616.5  4615616.5  4615616.5  4615616.6
 4615616.6  4615616.7  4615616.7  4615616.7  4615616.8  4615616.8
 4615616.8  4615616.9
       Avg: 4615616.6, Min: 4615616.3, Max: 4615616.9, Diff:   0.6]
      [Ext Root Scanning (ms):  1.2  1.3  1.3  1.2  1.2  1.2  1.6  1.0  1.1
 1.0  0.9  0.9  1.4  1.1  0.9  0.9  0.9  1.0
       Avg:   1.1, Min:   0.9, Max:   1.6, Diff:   0.8]
      [Update RS (ms):  9.8  10.1  9.5  9.5  10.0  9.6  10.4  9.5  9.8  9.7
 10.9  9.7  9.1  9.9  10.2  9.7  9.5  9.6
       Avg:   9.8, Min:   9.1, Max:  10.9, Diff:   1.8]
         [Processed Buffers : 16 17 14 19 14 13 14 14 15 18 13 13 12 14 13
12 14 14
          Sum: 259, Avg: 14, Min: 12, Max: 19, Diff: 7]
      [Scan RS (ms):  1.1  0.6  1.3  1.3  0.8  1.0  0.1  1.3  1.0  1.1  0.1
 1.2  1.3  0.7  0.5  1.0  1.2  0.9
       Avg:   0.9, Min:   0.1, Max:   1.3, Diff:   1.2]
      [Object Copy (ms):  5979.6  5978.9  5979.2  5979.1  5979.5  5979.3
 5978.7  5979.6  5979.2  5979.5  5979.2  5979.3  5978.9  5979.0  5979.1
 5979.2  5979.0  5979.5
       Avg: 5979.2, Min: 5978.7, Max: 5979.6, Diff:   1.0]
      [Termination (ms):  0.1  0.7  0.2  0.5  0.1  0.3  0.6  0.2  0.3  0.0
 0.2  0.2  0.6  0.5  0.4  0.3  0.6  0.0
       Avg:   0.3, Min:   0.0, Max:   0.7, Diff:   0.7]
         [Termination Attempts : 3 1 1 3 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 1 3 3 3 5 6 4
          Sum: 60, Avg: 3, Min: 1, Max: 6, Diff: 5]
      [GC Worker End (ms):  4621608.7  4621608.0  4621608.0  4621608.7
 4621608.4  4621608.5  4621608.0  4621608.3  4621608.6  4621608.0
 4621608.2  4621608.0  4621608.0  4621608.1  4621608.3  4621608.4
 4621608.0  4621608.1
       Avg: 4621608.2, Min: 4621608.0, Max: 4621608.7, Diff:   0.7]
      [GC Worker (ms):  5992.4  5991.6  5991.6  5992.3  5992.0  5992.1
 5991.5  5991.8  5992.1  5991.4  5991.5  5991.3  5991.3  5991.3  5991.6
 5991.6  5991.2  5991.2
       Avg: 5991.7, Min: 5991.2, Max: 5992.4, Diff:   1.2]
      [GC Worker Other (ms):  2.9  2.9  3.0  3.0  3.0  3.0  3.0  3.0  3.1
 3.1  3.2  3.2  3.2  3.3  3.3  3.3  3.4  3.5
       Avg:   3.1, Min:   2.9, Max:   3.5, Diff:   0.6]
   [Clear CT:   3.3 ms]
   [Other: 1555.4 ms]
      [Choose CSet:   0.4 ms]
      [Ref Proc:  57.3 ms]
      [Ref Enq:   0.3 ms]
      [Free CSet:  19.4 ms]
   [Eden: 16704M(16704M)->0B(2784M) Survivors: 288M->2128M Heap:
21362M(24576M)->22239M(24576M)]
 [Times: user=35.37 sys=0.33, real=7.55 secs]
2012-11-30T01:43:16.740+0000: 4625.989: [GC pause (young) (to-space
overflow) (initial-mark), 23.61614000 secs]
   [Parallel Time: 21781.4 ms]
      [GC Worker Start (ms):  4625989.9  4625990.0  4625990.1  4625990.1
 4625990.2  4625990.2  4625990.2  4625990.3  4625990.3  4625990.3
 4625990.4  4625990.4  4625990.4  4625990.4  4625990.5  4625990.5
 4625990.5  4625990.5
       Avg: 4625990.3, Min: 4625989.9, Max: 4625990.5, Diff:   0.6]
      [Ext Root Scanning (ms):  1.7  2.0  1.4  1.2  1.4  1.4  1.4  1.4  1.1
 1.2  1.2  1.0  1.1  1.1  1.1  0.9  1.1  1.1
       Avg:   1.3, Min:   0.9, Max:   2.0, Diff:   1.1]
      [Update RS (ms):  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.4  0.4  0.5  0.6
 0.6  1.4  0.5  0.9  0.6  0.7  0.5  0.7
       Avg:   0.4, Min:   0.0, Max:   1.4, Diff:   1.4]
         [Processed Buffers : 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 11 22 30 39 30 26 9 62 21 9
          Sum: 279, Avg: 15, Min: 0, Max: 62, Diff: 62]
      [Scan RS (ms):  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.8  0.6  0.6  0.5  0.6
 0.0  0.8  0.4  0.5  0.7  0.6  0.4
       Avg:   0.4, Min:   0.0, Max:   0.8, Diff:   0.7]
      [Object Copy (ms):  21776.6  21776.1  21776.5  21776.6  21776.2
 21776.4  21775.0  21774.7  21775.3  21775.3  21775.0  21774.8  21775.4
 21774.6  21775.2  21774.6  21774.7  21775.0
       Avg: 21775.5, Min: 21774.6, Max: 21776.6, Diff:   2.1]
      [Termination (ms):  0.0  0.3  0.4  0.4  0.5  0.3  0.7  1.0  0.6  0.4
 0.6  0.7  0.2  1.0  0.5  1.0  1.0  0.7
       Avg:   0.6, Min:   0.0, Max:   1.0, Diff:   1.0]
         [Termination Attempts : 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
          Sum: 24, Avg: 1, Min: 1, Max: 3, Diff: 2]
      [GC Worker End (ms):  4647768.4  4647768.5  4647768.5  4647768.4
 4647768.4  4647768.7  4647768.8  4647768.5  4647768.5  4647768.4
 4647768.7  4647768.5  4647768.4  4647768.4  4647768.6  4647768.6
 4647768.4  4647768.4
       Avg: 4647768.5, Min: 4647768.4, Max: 4647768.8, Diff:   0.3]
      [GC Worker (ms):  21778.5  21778.5  21778.4  21778.3  21778.3
 21778.5  21778.5  21778.2  21778.2  21778.1  21778.3  21778.1  21778.0
 21778.0  21778.1  21778.1  21777.9  21777.9
       Avg: 21778.2, Min: 21777.9, Max: 21778.5, Diff:   0.6]
      [GC Worker Other (ms):  2.9  3.0  3.0  3.1  3.1  3.2  3.2  3.2  3.3
 3.3  3.3  3.3  3.4  3.4  3.4  3.5  3.5  3.5
       Avg:   3.3, Min:   2.9, Max:   3.5, Diff:   0.6]
   [Clear CT:   1.5 ms]
   [Other: 1833.3 ms]
      [Choose CSet:   0.0 ms]
      [Ref Proc:   0.8 ms]
      [Ref Enq:   0.0 ms]
      [Free CSet:   3.6 ms]
   [Eden: 1384M(2784M)->0B(4912M) Survivors: 2128M->0B Heap:
23623M(24576M)->23623M(24576M)]
 [Times: user=33.81 sys=0.54, real=23.62 secs]
2012-11-30T01:43:40.357+0000: 4649.606: [GC
concurrent-root-region-scan-start]
2012-11-30T01:43:40.357+0000: 4649.606: [GC
concurrent-root-region-scan-end, 0.0000690]
2012-11-30T01:43:40.357+0000: 4649.606: [GC concurrent-mark-start]
2012-11-30T01:43:40.358+0000: 4649.607: [GC pause (young), 1.66905500 secs]
   [Parallel Time: 1667.5 ms]
      [GC Worker Start (ms):  4649607.0  4649607.0  4649607.1  4649607.2
 4649607.2  4649607.3  4649607.3  4649607.3  4649607.4  4649607.8
 4649607.4  4649607.4  4649607.5  4649607.5  4649607.6  4649607.6
 4649607.6  4649607.7
       Avg: 4649607.4, Min: 4649607.0, Max: 4649607.8, Diff:   0.8]
      [Ext Root Scanning (ms):  1.6  2.1  2.3  1.5  2.1  1.6  2.0  1.9  1.8
 1.7  1.9  2.1  1.6  1.7  1.4  1.6  1.2  1.3
       Avg:   1.7, Min:   1.2, Max:   2.3, Diff:   1.1]
      [SATB Filtering (ms):  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
       Avg:   0.0, Min:   0.0, Max:   0.0, Diff:   0.0]
      [Update RS (ms):  1662.9  1662.8  1662.5  1663.0  1662.6  1663.1
 1662.6  1662.7  1662.9  1662.5  1662.6  1662.4  1662.9  1662.8  1663.1
 1662.8  1663.2  1663.1
       Avg: 1662.8, Min: 1662.4, Max: 1663.2, Diff:   0.7]
         [Processed Buffers : 10947 10965 17033 10676 10631 10692 10524
10706 16833 10703 10751 12889 10735 18332 18581 19972 16982 19856
          Sum: 247808, Avg: 13767, Min: 10524, Max: 19972, Diff: 9448]
      [Scan RS (ms):  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
       Avg:   0.0, Min:   0.0, Max:   0.0, Diff:   0.0]
      [Object Copy (ms):  0.5  0.1  0.1  0.3  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.1
 0.2  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1
       Avg:   0.1, Min:   0.0, Max:   0.5, Diff:   0.5]
      [Termination (ms):  0.0  0.0  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.0
 0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.1  0.0
       Avg:   0.0, Min:   0.0, Max:   0.1, Diff:   0.1]
         [Termination Attempts : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
          Sum: 18, Avg: 1, Min: 1, Max: 1, Diff: 0]
      [GC Worker End (ms):  4651272.1  4651272.1  4651272.2  4651272.1
 4651272.1  4651272.2  4651272.1  4651272.1  4651272.1  4651272.1
 4651272.1  4651272.1  4651272.1  4651272.2  4651272.1  4651272.1
 4651272.1  4651272.1
       Avg: 4651272.1, Min: 4651272.1, Max: 4651272.2, Diff:   0.0]
      [GC Worker (ms):  1665.1  1665.1  1665.0  1665.0  1664.9  1664.9
 1664.8  1664.8  1664.8  1664.4  1664.8  1664.7  1664.7  1664.6  1664.6
 1664.5  1664.5  1664.5
       Avg: 1664.8, Min: 1664.4, Max: 1665.1, Diff:   0.8]
      [GC Worker Other (ms):  2.4  2.4  2.5  2.6  2.6  2.6  2.7  2.7  2.7
 3.2  2.8  2.8  2.8  2.9  3.0  3.0  3.0  3.1
       Avg:   2.8, Min:   2.4, Max:   3.2, Diff:   0.8]
   [Complete CSet Marking:   0.0 ms]
   [Clear CT:   0.5 ms]
   [Other:   1.1 ms]
      [Choose CSet:   0.0 ms]
      [Ref Proc:   0.8 ms]
      [Ref Enq:   0.0 ms]
      [Free CSet:   0.2 ms]
   [Eden: 0B(4912M)->0B(4912M) Survivors: 0B->0B Heap:
23623M(24576M)->23623M(24576M)]
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