Well, we're getting it installed to see if it helps any.
Don
> Can't say I've used 1.1.7 on Sun.
>
> Java 2 is a must as far as I'm concerned.
>
>
> Nic
>
> >>> "Branson, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/20/99 5:47:05 PM >>>
> > This is totally partial but the best Java performance I've seen is
> out
> > of Solaris.
> >
> > Sun REALLY optimise the Java VM for Solaris, it's very fast and
> > thread control in things like Hashtables is superb.
>
> Really? In my own tests, I observed that IBM's 1.1.8 JVM on a 450MHz
> NT box
> is about 7 times faster than Sun's 1.1.7 JVM on a 400MHz Sparc.
> This
> particular test was just some byte array manipulation that is a
> frequently-used part of our code.
>
> >
> > This is the combination we use at British Telecom for the Talk21
> free
> > email service (which uses a Servlet based WAS).
> >
> > We don't use Jserv but I'm not sure how much difference Servlet
> > engines make to performance (compared to the VM and hardware
> > platform).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nic Ferrier
> > Tapsell-Ferrier Limited
> > http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk
> >
> > "Use Ockham Luke"
> >
> > >>> Simon Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/20/99 10:41:19 AM >>>
> > Can anyone give me suggestions for the best price/performance
> > compromise
> >
> > for running servlets and a database in please.
> >
> > We're currently using an intel box with linux, apache, jserv and
> > mysql
> > for the backend, using jdk1.1.7a. Potential options are:
> >
> > 1. intel/nt/iis/jserv/sql server with jdk1.2 or ibm jdk1.1.8
> > 2. sun/solaris/apache(?)/jserv/oracle jdk1.2
> > 3. same setup, better hardware, jdk1.1.x
> >
> > How reliable have people fount NT for servlets? Performance
> results
> > indicate that NT using the Ibm jdk perform best on servers with
> > mid-range usage. I'm not entirely sure of how manageable it is
> > remotely
> > though, which would be a serious issue.
> >
> > The second option would likely be the most expensive, but also the
> > most
> > reliable and I presume strong performance.
> >
> > Linux has been great for us so far, though access to jdk1.2 would
> be
> > handy. Is the blackdown 1.2 pre-release reliable enough for
> > roll-out?
> >
> > Opinions gratefully received.
> >
> > - simon
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