Research the Impact of Golang Garbage Collector Parameters on Application Performance and System Resource Usage

Abstract

Modern high-load applications place high demands on garbage collector systems, which are used in programming languages, in particular in Golang. This article is aimed at a systematic study of the GOGC parameter and its impact on the key performance indicators of the test application. The measurement results of selected key metrics, such as the number of GC starts and duration, and the amount of allocated memory, were visualized using tables and graphs. The article analyzes the behavior of the GC mechanism and the effect of the GOGC parameter on it. The research results allow developers of high-load applications to put them into practice to manage the garbage collection mechanism, dependingon the tasks that need to be solved.