Besides what's been noted a far more subtle and serious point (unlikely to affect you because it sounds like your boxes would be deemed "server class"
Java in 32 bit has 2 VMs, the client and server. In 64 bit only the server is available Server mode is generally better for long running apps and has more advanced optimizations. But for these reasons, some multithreaded or subtle JIT bugs are far more likely to show up in server mode than client mode. On Apr 28, 7:15 am, scphantm <[email protected]> wrote: > we are expanding out data center. we are switching from FreeBSD to > Ubuntu and the 1 gig limit on the jvm memory is really messing with > us. im thinking about switching it the 64 bit because i understand we > could configure a 4 gig jvm. is there anything i should know? > > we are using jboss 5.1 as our app server. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
