title: Garbage collection rate vs object allocation rate
body: <p>Is it conceivable that the rate at which new objects are created by a Java program somewhat exceeds the rate at which these objects are garbage collected in the young generation ? </p>
  
  <p>...Thus causing an ever greater backlog of new objects sitting on the heap until a full gc is triggered ?</p>
  
  <p>Any metrics I could collect to identify/verify this scenario ?</p>
  
  <p>The objects created have a maximum lifespan of around 1 second. Most are alive for about 400 milliseconds, on average.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>