What are the differences between JVisualVM and Java Mission Control?

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GoldenJam picture GoldenJam · May 10, 2014 · Viewed 17.7k times · Source

Other than the more 'advanced' GUI from Java mission control, how are they different?

At first glance they seem to offer very similar functionality (Interpreting JMX data and Memory/CPU profiling).

However, as they are both shipped with the JDK (I'm using JDK 1.7.0_51 SE) I'm assuming there are significant differences, otherwise they would be combined into a single solution. Especially as this increases the size of the JDK significantly.

Is Java Mission Control ultimately going to replace JVisualVM in the future?

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kittylyst picture kittylyst · Jul 11, 2014

One important point is that Mission Control is potentially not free to use on production environments. It is free for applications running in DEV & QA and Oracle are not currently enforcing the charges for production applications (as of Nov 2014). However, their executives have made it clear this may change in time.

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