DevOps Role in Troubleshooting JVM Issues | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]

The JVM issues vary from Java OutOfMemory Error to JVM Crash. Application developers might be not completely equipped to determine the root cause of the issue, hence DevOps can play a vital role in narrowing down the issue and connecting the right people/team to rectify the problem.

Application developers can deploy their applications with success in a staging or QA environment and broadcast that the application is working fine. However, the staging or QA environment is not completely identical with production at – least with respect to load. Due to huge load, the application can behave differently. In order to prevent an occurrence of these kinds of scenarios, it is a good practice to engage a DevOps team [with right JVM skills] to proactively analyze the running application. Proactive engagement of a DevOps team will be beneficial for the organization and for the development team as well.

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