Performance of Java on FreeBSD vs. Linux and others

[Ronald Klop]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:08:41 +0200, Sharkie <shark.fin.soup at mac.com> wrote:

> Forgive me for bringing up this issue again. I tried searching in the  
> archive, and I could only find discussions from late 2006. Now that  
> FreeBSD 7.0 is out and we have a new scheduler, can someone comment on  
> performance of Java on FreeBSD vs. Linux and others? I tried following  
> the old thread and I believe it was inconclusive rather than that  
> FreeBSD is definitely slower. Yet, there was an argument on how much  
> slower. I would really like to know this information because I will be  
> doing heavy number crunching in Java. A 20% performance gain could save  
> me 1-2 day at a time.

It performs really well for me, but ... I don't do number chrunching. So I  
would suggest you to try it for yourself and post your results here.

Ronald.