G1 GC - pauses much larger than target

[Holger Hoffstätte]

On 25.02.2014 10:53, Andreas Müller wrote:
>>I tried with swappiness set to 0
> 
> Interesting. This means then, that the Linux kernel was swapping around
> with no real need? I am surprised to read this but it  explains the long

This has always been the case (until recently). To understand more of
the history, please read my Quora answer here: http://qr.ae/tbyRA

In other words talking about "Linux", paging and swappiness is
*completely meaningless* without specifying exactly what version of the
kernel you are talking about.

-h