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To: JC Jaros who wrote (23688)	12/1/1999 2:42:00 AM
From: Robert	Respond to of 64865

The relationship between OS threads and Java Server threads is a weak one. The Java Server may implements it's own threads, like TowerJ or it may use the threads provided by the operating system. If it uses the OS threads then Solaris threads are the most sophisticated because there is an effective layer between the application threads and the kernel threads that manages resources efficiently. In terms of simultaneous connections, Sun's JDK is the top performer (from www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-1999/jw-03-volanomark-2.html) "Only two out of the ten Java platforms even survived the test, and only one survived without errors. Sun's JDK 1.2 on Solaris 7, still an early access release, finally shows it's possible to handle large numbers of connections to a single Java application without destroying performance (and without any errors). In fact, Sun's performance at 2,100 connections is only 23 percent below its performance at 300 connections!" But connections numbers are not the same as Volanomarks. So using Volanomarks to compare connections numbers is not right.