We recently ported our url-hitting code from using java.net.* code to httpclient code. We use it in a high-volume environment (20 machines are hitting an external 3rd party to retrieve images).
After the port, we saw a significant increase in cycles used by the machines, about 2-3 times (ie, the load on the boxes increased from using up 20% of the cpu, to about 50%-60% of the cpu. For each request, we instantiate an HttpClient object, and a GetMethod object, and shut things down afterwards. In order to reduce the use of cycles, what is the recommended approach? Thank you.
