From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 6 08:32:18 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2440F466 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 08:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.prolet.org (mail.prolet.org [195.24.42.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CCAEEF17 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 08:32:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amorphis.prolet.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.prolet.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B8D13380C69 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 10:32:09 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.prolet.org Received: from mail.prolet.org ([127.0.0.1]) by amorphis.prolet.org (amorphis.prolet.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qgnjyU1SbRoe for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 10:32:06 +0200 (EET) Received: from [192.168.177.129] (gate.stanga.net [195.34.122.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.prolet.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8E34B3380C5E for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 10:32:06 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <53183286.1060308@paladin.bulgarpress.com> Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:32:06 +0200 From: Todor Todorov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JDK performance FreeBSD / Linux References: <53162651.9070201@paladin.bulgarpress.com> <5316D73B.7080005@matrix.gatewaynet.com> In-Reply-To: <5316D73B.7080005@matrix.gatewaynet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 08:32:18 -0000 On 03/05/2014 09:50 AM, Achilleas Mantzios wrote: > On 04/03/2014 21:29, Craig Rodrigues wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Todor Todorov >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> I have to migrate an old machine (FreeBSD 8.3 + OpenJDK 6 + Tomcat 5.5) >>> to a new hardware and respectively looking for answers >>> >>> One of the options is to use FBSD 10 the other one is 'some Linux'. In >>> the past there were penalties for using FBSD + Java, not sure what is >>> the situation now. The hardware will be 2x processors E5, 64GB RAM - >>> running multi user Java app on Tomcat 7. >>> >>> I have to defend the decision to use FBSD but need to have something in >>> my pockets. >> >> In my efforts to set up Jenkins in the FreeBSD cluster, I found two >> problems with >> Java on FreeBSD. >> >> See: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Jenkins >> >> (1) Item #10, issue with JDK on FreeBSD 10 (workaround available) >> >> (2) Item #23 issue with JDK on FreeBSD 9.2 (fix available in >> FreeBSD 9.2-p3) >> >> >> My advice to you is to see if you can propose going with FreeBSD 9.2-p3, >> until Item #10 is fixed. >> >> I hate to say it, but it doesn't really look good for defending your >> continued use of FreeBSD for a Java app. :( > > OTOH we had high quality openjdk ports for quite some years, and the > stability has been phenomenal. > Both my linux colleagues of mine were having equal or worse stability > than mine for the last couple > of years. > I am running 9.2-RELEASE and a combination of openjdk 1.6.0_32 and > 1.7.0_25 > > In my eyes the past positive history of FreeBSD with java is rather a > good argument. > For the past users, the recent instability problems didn't frighten us > in the slightest > (especially those who were not affected :) > >> -- >> Craig >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Thank you for your inputs! I propose FreeBSD 9.2 and OpenJDK 1.6 and a package of tests. Best regards, Todor