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Date:      Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:06:21 +0100
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= <ltning@anduin.net>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: JDK ports questions
Message-ID:  <8F5A2261-60E1-475D-9425-3CA8DE88226B@anduin.net>
In-Reply-To: <200803191534.m2JFY1d6085430@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200803191534.m2JFY1d6085430@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Mar 19, 2008, at 16:34, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
>> Oliver Fromme wrote:
>>> What is the difference between ports/java/diablo-jdk15
>>> and ports/java/jdk15?  Which of them should be used?
>>
>> ports/java/diablo-jdk15 is the ports way of installing the
>> binary package, you can do the same with pkg_add -r.
>
> I see.  So I basically get the same result as downloading
> the package from freebsdfoundation.org (which is not what
> I want).
>
> Thanks for answering!
>
>>> So far I have only used the Sun-blessed binary package
>>> from the FreeBSD foundation download page, so I don't
>>> know much about the various ports.  However, those
>>> packages are now quite old, so I would like to build
>>> an up-to-date JDK for FreeBSD 7.  Which port should
>>> be used for that?
>>
>> For FreeBSD 7.0, you will have to install misc/compat6x
>
> But it's only required for the bootstrap, right?
> I.e. when I have built the JDK successfully, I don't
> need compat6x anymore, I assume.
>
> Thinking about it ...  When I compile my own JDK anyway,
> I could just as well go for the JDK 1.6 instead of 1.5.
> Are there any known problems with building JDK 1.6 on
> FreeBSD/amd64 7.0?  Anything I should be aware of?

Anecdotal evidence: We tried, for a short while, 1.6 on 6.3 for a very =20=

busy tomcat driven site, noticed no ill effects but also no =20
immediately noticeable changes in system load, etc.


> The JDK is going to be used on several 8-core amd64
> machines with 64 GB RAM to run tomcat-based CMS for a
> very busy web site.  No need to say, stability is top-
> priority.

On comparable hardware (less RAM, though), and tomcat driven apps, we =20=

saw a *real* improvement going to 7.0/1.6 from 6.3/1.5. If the initial =20=

numbers hold up, we can cancel the next two rounds of "throwing =20
hardware at the problem" as traffic goes up.

Unfortunately, I have not yet repeated the 1.6 vs 1.5 experiment on 7.
And of course, different applications bring out different parts of =20
tomcat and the library stack, so your mileage may vary wildly.

/Eirik

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>   Oliver
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