> > What version of Linux and VM?
>
> Linux RedHat 6.2 "out of the box" (haven't felt the need to customize it
> till today)
> Sun jdk1.3rc1
Sun has shipped an "offical" JDK 1.3 for Linux, is there a reason you
are still using the JDK 1.3 release candidate 1?
I noticed some strange performance issues when invoking java with
"-server". I would try both "-client" and "-classic" to see if any of
those will at least work. I believe the -classic will use green instead
of native threads.
I would also highly recommend using the latest 2.4 kernel. Linus has
put a lot of work into addressing threading issues and server based
performance, particularly on multi-processor machines. I have a 2 CPU
box, and I use to crash the VM all the time until I upgraded to the
latest kernel and glibc.
Pat McNerthney
Icicle Software, Inc.
