Re: best performances for the java 6 JRE: linux or solaris?

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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>

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Date:

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:50:18 -0400

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dao wrote:

I have to deploy a java/CORBA server on a new host. I have to choose
between 2 configurations:
Conf#1
SUN, V240 2x(ultraSparc3@1,5GHz), 64Bits, RISK
Solaris 9
Conf#2
PC 2x(Opteron dualcore)@2.8GHz 64bits, SISK
Linux RedHat 4
which is the best for my java application, in terms of performances
and reliability? Is there some deployment tips about RAM, hard
drive... things to avoid... I must take into account ?

Sorry for the approximations about the description of the devices, but
i am not the IT.
Today, my application runs well on a SOLARIS 5.9 V240, and the IT
proposed me to either buy a new V240 or to get a linux/opteron.

I need to use the CPU for XML processing, that is the bottleneck of my
application (I have seen the linux solution is 2.8GHz, 2x2 procs...
therefore I though it was really faster).

Before sending my answer, I want to know this group point of view

PROS:
faster => I need CPU to highly process XML
cheaper => IT said it is 2 times cheaper

CONS:
migration

http://www.spec.org/cpu2000/results/cpu2000.html

Sun Fire V240 (1503MHz)
SPECint_rate2000 18.4

You do not identify the Opteron, but if it is a 290, then:

Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMERGY BX630, AMD Opteron (TM) 290
SPECfp_rate2000 79.7

Migration will cost nothing because you are using Java.

RHEL is an excellent server OS.

Four times the CPU power for half the price.

I would not be in doubt !

Arne

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