Just to add some credibility to not using this setting. I've also seen information on Oracle's blogs too:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/g1gc-1984535.html Hope that helps Mark On 5 October 2015 at 08:59, Daniel Chia <danc...@coursera.org> wrote: > G1GC still has an Eden size, however, it's strongly recommended *NOT* to > set the new gen size G1GC and just let it figure it out based on your > target pause time. > > Thanks, > Daniel > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Tushar Agrawal <agrawal.tus...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If you are using CMS garbage collector then you still have to set the >> HEAP_NEWSIZE. With G1GC (new recommended GC) there is no concept of New or >> Older generation. >> >> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Kiran mk <coolkiran2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Is HEAP_NEWSIZE configuration is no more useful from cassandra 2.1 ? >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Kiran.M.K. >>> >> >> >