LARGE OR SMALL MEMORY SIZE FOR MY APP?

Should I be running my application with few instances (i.e. machines) with large memory size or a lot of instances with small memory size? Which strategy is optimal? This question might be confronted often. After building applications for 2 decades, after building JVM performance engineering/troubleshooting tools (GCeasy, FastThread, HeapHero), I still don’t know the right answer to... Continue Reading →

DOES 32-BIT OR 64-BIT JVM MATTER ANYMORE?

There are a few distinct differences and subtle nuances between 32-bit JVM and 64-bit JVM. We thought we will try to clarify them through this question & answer article Do I need to understand the difference between 32-bit JVM and 64-bit JVM? If you aren’t building a performance critical application, you don’t have to understand... Continue Reading →

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