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gc

Force GC (Garbage Collection) on a member or members.

The default is for garbage collection to occur on all caching members.

The gfsh gc command should be used only in non-production environments. This is a forced GC event and not always handled well by the garbage collector outside of normal GC processing. This can cause slow-responding members to be perceived as unresponsive and disconnected from the cluster.

Availability: Online. You must be connected in gfsh to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

Syntax:

gc [--groups=value(,value)*] [--member=value]

NameDescription
‑‑groupsOne or more group(s) of members on which garbage collection will be forced.
‑‑memberName/ID of the member on which garbage collection will be forced.
Table 1. GC Parameters

Example Commands:

gc --member=server1
gc --groups=Group1
gc

Sample Output:

gfsh>gc
Sucessfully executed GC