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Why should -Xms and -Xmx be set to the same value in production?
If they differ, the JVM requests memory from the OS incrementally as needed, and G1 GC can even return unused heap to the OS — causing repeated OS-level allocation calls ("yo-yo" behavior). Setting them equal claims all memory upfront once.
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