On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:56:36 -0500, Calvin Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to be nuts about it, what if someone wanted to have 6 instances on a 2 > CPU box, would it be reasonable to have 1 simultaneous request per CPU?
The overhead of switching between JVM processes would probably catch you there. Switching threads (within a JVM) is lightweight, switching instances is not. > On another note, I've seen where performance was significantly improved by > dropping the heap size down significantly (I'm talking from 1 gig to 256 > megs in a busy environment). Yes, because garbage collection can speed up when it has less to do. Tuning garbage collection is a serious black art - there's lot of info out there about it and there are a *lot* of GC parameters you can tweak! -- Sean A Corfield -- http://corfield.org/ Team Fusebox -- http://fusebox.org/ Got Gmail? -- I have 50, yes 50, invites to give away! "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:200798 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
