Mark Post wrote: >>>> On 11/21/2008 at 10:07 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> found the IBM link for jdk downloads - now a different question. >> >> Will the 31-bit jdk work - and work well - in a 64-bit linux environment. >> We run the 32-bit java on 64-bit AIX without any difficulty since quite a >> few of our apps refuse to work with the 64-bit java. Don't have any >> experience in the linux world with this, though. > > The recommendation I've heard from IBM is to run 31-bit if at all possible. > It's largely going to depend on the heap size you need for your application. >
Applications drive the java requirement - SAP requires the 64bit IBM SDK. This opens another ongoing peeve of mine... Novell-Suse ship the IBM javas on the DVD and supply updates - great job! Also nice work on the /etc/alternates and the update-alternatives command - all very nice if you need to run multiple levels of java at the same time. But these rpms install into /usr, the rpms from the IBM website install into /opt. SAP recommends that one should use the java from the IBM website because IBM often posts updates before Novell-Suse can which kind of defeats all the good work done by Novell-Suse :-( It would be nice if the two companies could sync-up on how the rpms should be packaged. mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
