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This happens weekly.

Developer: Host XYZ is very busy.

Sysadmin: Yes, Yes it is. The top 10 processes are your Java App.

Developer: Fix it.

Sysadmin: ???? You can request a larger virtual machine, you can try these options to the JVM, or you can fix your code.

Developer: Can you do it?

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That's oddly familiar... I frequently get: The server is slow. Well, no it's not really doing anything, but your applications is responding remarkably slowly.

Or: Can I get a bigger server... Yes, but you have 32 cores and 256GB of RAM, and your applications isn't that complex.

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