Miscellaneous Reviews
- It's Not Just the Younger Generations
Software Test & Performance - 05/01/07
This how-to article is the second part of a two part series on Java memory leaks. This part focuses on permanent-generation Java application memory leaks. The article defines a permanent-generation memory leak, explores the causes and provides practical tips and techniques about how to find and fix them.
- High-Performance Computing: RAM versus CPU
Dr. Dobb's Journal - 04/30/07
Dr. Dobb's Journal posted an HPC bylined article written by Sun Marketing Manager Michael Schulman. The article focuses on HPC, specifically how IT managers should weigh the differences between RAM versus CPU costs.
- DTrace and Java: Exposing Performance Problems That Once Were Hidden
DevX.com - 03/08/07
In a very positive DevX.com review, DTrace and Java SE 6 are tested together, giving "an unprecedented view across all layers of software that are involved in business applications." DTrace and Java SE 6 are said to make it easy for developers to "gain tremendous insight into [their] Java application, the JVM, or any other aspect of the software upon which [their] business tasks depend." The review concludes by noting, "With systemic observability, performance problems have nowhere to hide. Pretty amazing that all the requisite components are completely free of charge. Oh happy day!"
- Java: The Daily Grind
Dr. Dobb's Journal - 02/16/07
A review in Dr. Dobb's Journal discusses Sun's recently published articles on using Java SE 6's desktop integration and VM management/monitoring features. It highlights the fact that Java ships with many command-line utilities that offer monitoring and management facilities, and DTrace is "such a powerful tool that developers are adopting it for other operating systems as well."
- Go Inside the Java Real-Time System
DevX.com - 01/03/07
In this in-depth article, Eric Bruno takes a look at Sun's Java Real-Time System. He specifically emphasizes the technology's ability to enable developers to take full advantage of Java while maintaining the predictability of current real-time development platforms and other systems. In conclusion, he says, "Java RTS ensures that no system thread or process will interrupt your real-time Java threads, including processes external to the Java VM."
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- Mustang (Java SE 6) Gallops into Town
Infomit.com - 10/20/06
In this review, Jeff Friesen shows readers why many new features (from console I/O and access permissions control methods, to the system tray API and table sorting and filtering) make Mustang an especially interesting release.
- First Steps with the Sun Grid
Blog - 10/15/06
This blog notes that, "if you are a grad student and find yourself needing CPU power for simulations, buying an x64 box from Sun and getting a SunGrid account for the heavy lifting is probably way cheaper than buying a cluster and powering it, not to mention having to maintain all those machines."
- That's One Gallopin' Mustang, Sun!
SDTimes - 10/01/06
In this review of Java SE 6 (Mustang), Andrew Binstock praises it as a release that will help Java maintain its leadership, particularly against Ruby. Binstock states how much he likes what Sun has been doing with the latest releases of Java, and based upon the "bunch of new stuff" in Java SE 6, he is tempted to switch from Java 5 even before its final release.
- Screening Room #4: The Sun Grid Compute Utility
InfoWorld - 05/01/06
InfoWorld posted a very positive ScreenCast of the Sun Grid and Compute Server Project products. The first part of the video walked through the Sun Grid portal focusing on where users can buy CPU hours, and upload and run jobs. The second part of the ScreenCast focused on the Compute Server Project and the reviewer noted that the Compute Server project provides Java classes and NetBeans plugins that simplify the process of writing and running distributable Java programs.
- Java SE 6 First Impressions: A Desktop Winner
DevX.com - 02/27/06
In this very positive DevX.com review of Java SE 6, Eric Bruno, was "particularly impressed" with the desktop features. He went on to highlight a variety of improved developer productivity, application management, Web services and security features. Overall, the reviewer felt that, "whether you're an application developer, a system administrator, a tool vendor or a security expert, Java SE 6 has something for you."
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