Sean Legassick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:44:20AM +0100, Didier Dubois wrote:
> > We would like to upgrade our system in order to host a set of
> > customers'sites.
> > Could you help us to choose a correct OS&hardware configuration, since
> > java is very resource consumming.
> >
> > We currently use a Linux/Cobalt, and found it very poor in its Java
> > support. We still want to use linux (ease of distant management).
> >
> > Any advices?
>
> Get lots & LOTS of RAM (512MB minimum I would say)
>
> I use RH6.2 - I think 7 is a bit buggy for server use.
> I find IBM's JDK 1.3 a bit more robust than Sun's but I'm not sure
> there's a lot in it.
IBM's JVM currently has *SERIOUS SMP ISSUES* under Linux. It is not
yet ready for use in a production environment. Though it is faster
than Hotspot (yes, we did some benchmarking to test this), it is not
robust enough to use under anything other than light load. IBM is
aware of the issues, and is already working to address them.
Sean is also dead-on with his comments on memory. Don't forget to
configure the JVM to make use of this memory as well. :)
+1 on Linux as your Java server platform.
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Daniel Rall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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