Java 1.4.x + Tomcat5 + MySQL 4.x on AMD64

[Kyle Mott]

Are there any more comments on this? My main concern is having a stable
and fast Java implementation, even if that means using
/usr/ports/java/linux-sun-jdk15 and/or /usr/ports/java/linux-sun-jdk14
in 32bit emulation mode.
 
 
-Kyle Mott


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mikhail P. [mailto:miha at ghuug.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:02 PM
> To: freebsd-amd64 at freebsd.org
> Cc: Kyle Mott
> Subject: Re: Java 1.4.x + Tomcat5 + MySQL 4.x on AMD64
> 
> On Wednesday 13 October 2004 22:55, Kyle Mott wrote:
> > My 2 main concerns here are the stability and speed of Java and the
> > speed of MySQL. Currently, I have to enable linuxthreads on 4-STABLE
in
> > order to get good performance out of MySQL.
> >
> > Comments?
> 
> 
> We have an AMD64 box here, which is being used as a dedicated mysql
server for
> one large site. Server has the following hardware:
> AMD Athlon64 3400+
> 1.5GB RAM
> 18GB SCSI drive, spinning at 15k RPM
> Adaptec's SCSI controller
> 
> That server currently runs FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7-amd64.
> MySQL is built from ports and linked against libkse.
> 
> Just for comparison -
> Before we got that server, we used P4 CPU @ 2.6Ghz, 1GB of RAM and
SCSI drive
> (10k RPM). Usually load was at 2.5-3 during the peak times.
> Now with this AMD64 box, load does not go any higher than 0.80 during
the peak
> times.
> 
> I can't comment on SMP-enabled Opterons, but AFAIK, libkse is broken
there,
> and mysql won't utilize both CPUs..
> 
> regards,
> M.