Speed up Java application startup time with AppCDS

Application startup time for OpenJDK apps can be important for cloud use cases. Start/stop cycles are much more frequent for an application deployed in Kubernetes since configuration changes usually result in a new deployment—a.k.a restart—of the application. Oftentimes, changing something as simple as an environment variable results in redeployments. The time it takes until the application is ready to handle requests matters. In this article, we’ll show how application class data sharing (AppCD...