# Frequent GC brings down cluster without obvious load

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/frequent-gc-brings-down-cluster-without-obvious-load/27049>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 7, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/frequent-gc-brings-down-cluster-without-obvious-load/27049 "2015-08-07T13:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Srinath\_C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srinath_c/32/48806_2.png) [@Srinath\_C](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinath_C)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/frequent-gc-brings-down-cluster-without-obvious-load/27049/2 "2015-08-07T15:02:43Z")

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Hi @niulin,

I've been experiencing such issues and have been conversing with the community for help.  
You may benefit by looking/following this [thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/merging-of-segments-results-in-java-lang-outofmemoryerror-java-heap-space/26301).

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