Yes. That is roughly what I mean. If one server starts a GC, it can effectively go offline. That might pressure the other servers enough that one of them starts a GC.
This is unlikely with your GC settings, but you should turn on the verbose GC logging to be sure. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Aaron Crow <dirtyvagab...@yahoo.com>wrote: > But, sorry, I'm not sure what you > mean about synchronized GC? You mean maybe all our Zookeepers get hit by a > big GC at the same time, due to the very large db? >