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Re: Mac OS X Java Performance

Dear Gary,

> Regardless how fast or slow Java is on Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, Linux,
> Java performance has always been an issue, especially with compute-intensive
> Java applications. It is out of our control as to how and when Apple will
> improve its JVM performance within whatever time frame, but I have found
> this network computing software solves the performance problem once and for
> all: http://www.GreenTeaTech.com. It's a pure Java solution that leverages
> the compute power of a network of computers. No matter how fast or slow your
> JVM on whatever host OS, it simply harnesses as much compute power as they
> provide. This means that no matter how much the JVM performance on a
> particular OS will be improved, you can always get better performance using
> the GreenTea software because it enables your Java software to harness the
> compute power of a network of machines. So if you are concerned with Java
> performance, try thinking out of the box and utilizing alternative solutions
> like GreenTea may be a timely and practical solution.

While I don't have any opinion about GreanTea, I would nevertheless
like to point out that there are open-source Java distributed
libraries out there to help you parallelize and distribute your
application. I used one, ProActive, successfully and painlessly:

http://www-sop.inria.fr/oasis/ProActive/

However, the point about the MacOS X Java performance issues that we
were discussing (as it seems you did not really follow) were mainly
related to GUI and visualization applications. As a consequence,
distributing the load on more machines does not help, as the key issue
is the contention for accessing a single graphic adapter.

Kind regards,

Luc

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