Hunt, Bryan wrote:
> I think the NGPT is in kernel 2.5.something we need to be running a stable
> kernel so this is not an option.
Why do you think this?
NGPT is 99.9% userspace.
> Thousands of threads are an absolute must
> for this application as it must support thousands of simultaneous
> connections and each connection will use blocking io (not our choice).
nice scaleable design.
> Actually I think the advice about reducing the number of threads is a bit of
> a
> cop out (not on your part nut in general) you should be free to use the
> system resources to the max if need be without the restraints of hard coded
> limits.
>
Using the same design logic, you could work around the problem
by adding more memory and using multiple copies of
linux (UML) talking to each other each running a JVM,
each handling one connection. Or perhaps run the JVM
on doze on VMware on Linux?
Padraig.
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