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Date Published
Author
Andrew Southard
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689
Language
English
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Summary

Datadog APM provides detailed context for troubleshooting application performance issues with Java Virtual Machine (JVM) runtime metrics. These metrics are integrated into Datadog's APM, allowing users to correlate request traces with JVM metrics to determine if the bottleneck is the JVM or a code-level issue. The platform also collects runtime metrics locally from each JVM, providing unified insights into applications and their underlying infrastructure. By correlating JVM metrics with spans, users can investigate potential bottlenecks in their runtime environment and respond accordingly. Datadog's integration dashboard provides real-time visibility into JVM health and activity, including garbage collection, heap and non-heap memory usage, and thread count. The platform also automatically collects JVM runtime metrics starting from version 0.29.0, enabling users to get deeper context around their Java traces and application performance data.