# G1 collector

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/g1-collector/2477
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 11, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/g1-collector/2477 "2015-06-11T14:39:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![ton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@ton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ton)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/g1-collector/2477/1 "2015-06-11T14:39:42Z")

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we are using the latest java 8 jdk,  
is it better to switch to g1 collector as it is ready for production now ?

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### Author: ![Jason\_Wee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@Jason\_Wee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Wee)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/g1-collector/2477/2 "2015-06-11T17:00:16Z")

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read here [Using G1 with Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-g1-with-elasticsearch/98)

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/g1-collector/2477/3 "2017-07-06T00:08:06Z")

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