<ul><li>Periodic Garbage Collection cycles can be forced in JVM with specific command-line arguments to reclaim unused but committed Heap memory.</li><li>This feature is useful in container environments to save costs by reclaiming memory that is not actively used.</li><li>G1 garbage collector triggers periodic garbage collection based on conditions like interval time and system load threshold.</li><li>The need for a Java Agent to enable this functionality in the past is no longer necessary, as it can be achieved through specified JVM arguments.</li></ul>

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