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Ismael Juma resolved KAFKA-3754. -------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Fix Version/s: 0.11.0.0 Issue resolved by pull request 1431 [https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/1431] > Kafka default -Xloggc settings should include GC log rotation flags > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-3754 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3754 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Ryan P > Assignee: Ryan P > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.11.0.0 > > > By default kafka-run-class.sh defines it's GC settings like so: > KAFKA_GC_LOG_OPTS="-Xloggc:$LOG_DIR/$GC_LOG_FILE_NAME -verbose:gc > -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps " > This has to potential to generate incredibly large log files when left > unmanaged. > Instead it should include some sort of default GC log retention policy by > adding the following flags: > -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation > -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles= 10 > -XX:GCLogFileSize=100M > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u2-relnotes-1394228.html > details these flags and their defaults -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)