I agree 110%. Chronicle also works with memory. ChronicleMapBuilder
create > <http://openhft.github.io/Chronicle-Map/apidocs/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.html#create--> > () > Creates a new hash container, storing it's data in off-heap memory, not > mapped to any file. I assume internally they’re using mmap data. DirectByteBuffers and ByteBuffers are mmap() backed. You can also do this via unsafe or with JNI. On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 5:46 AM, Tim Bain <tb...@alumni.duke.edu> wrote: > We run on VMs where even "local" disk is on a SAN, so anything that stays > in memory (i.e. ConcurrentHashMap) will be faster than anything that gets > written to disk (i.e. ChronicleHashMap), even if it eliminates garbage > collection. So this isn't a drop-in replacement we'd welcome unless it was > configurable for which one to use. > > Tim > On Mar 20, 2015 12:17 AM, "Kevin Burton" <bur...@spinn3r.com> wrote: > > > This is interesting. > > > > Right now AMQ5 uses ConcurrentHashMap and for large heaps this has some > > obvious GC issues. > > > > 1. You have to keep a LARGE % of the JVM memory free for large GCs. > > > > 2. All the objects pool into the old generation screwing up GC and > wasting > > cycles for every GC. > > > > Then there’s this. > > > > > > > http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2015/03/creating-millions-of-objects-with-zero-garbage.html > > > > > http://openhft.github.io/Chronicle-Map/apidocs/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.html > > > > This should allow a drop in replacement for CHMs with off-heap memory. > > > > -- > > > > Founder/CEO Spinn3r.com > > Location: *San Francisco, CA* > > blog: http://burtonator.wordpress.com > > … or check out my Google+ profile > > <https://plus.google.com/102718274791889610666/posts> > > <http://spinn3r.com> > > > -- Founder/CEO Spinn3r.com Location: *San Francisco, CA* blog: http://burtonator.wordpress.com … or check out my Google+ profile <https://plus.google.com/102718274791889610666/posts> <http://spinn3r.com>