Have you ever chosen a specific type of garbage collector in your practice?

In Java development practice, the choice of garbage collector type depends on the application's requirements and load characteristics. For example, low-latency applications often choose G1 GC or ZGC, which minimize pauses. For server applications with large memory volumes, Parallel GC may be suitable for maximum throughput.

Example of selecting a collector when launching the JVM:

java -XX:+UseG1GC -jar myapp.jar

Thus, the choice of garbage collector is made considering application profiling and performance requirements.