> JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime" > JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Xloggc:/var/log/cassandra/gc.log"
Add: JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintGC" JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintGCDetails" JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps" And you will see significantly more detail in the GC log. -- / Peter Schuller