Automatic analysis of issues concerning automatic memory management

A server system comprising:

• an automatic garbage collection module that automatically, using one or more hardware processors, executes a plurality of garbage collection processes to manage usage of the memory by one or more applications;
• a garbage collection monitoring module that gathers garbage collection information for each garbage collection process and stores the garbage collection information in a garbage collection output file of a file system;
• and
• a garbage collection analysis module that analyzes the garbage collection output file to generate garbage collection flags associated with system performance that is below a predetermined threshold.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:

• automatically executing a garbage collection process as part of automated memory management for a memory of a server;
• automatically gathering, using at least one processor of the server, garbage collection information associated with the garbage collection process and storing the garbage collection information in a garbage collection output file of a file system, wherein the garbage collection information comprises at least a status of the memory before and after the garbage collection process, a list of one or more memory requests received by the memory prior to the garbage collection action, and runtime details of the garbage collection action;
• and
• analyzing the garbage collection output file to identify a plurality of flags associated with a performance of the server system that does not meet a predetermined threshold, wherein a first flag of the plurality of flags is associated with a first portion of the garbage collection information, and wherein a second flag of the plurality of flags is associated with a second portion of the garbage collection information that is different from the first portion of the garbage collection information.