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IBM SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8, Service Refresh 5, Fix Pack 6

by Sue Chaplain on December 5, 2017 in Release notes
Fix pack 6 (8.0.5.6) is now available on the Downloads page, which contains the latest IBM fixes to the code base. To find out more...

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IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8, Service Refresh 5, Fix Pack 5

by Sue Chaplain on November 20, 2017 in Release notes
The latest refresh of the Software Developers Kit (SDK) and Java™ runtime environment is now available. This refresh contains the latest Oracle Critical Patch Update...

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Measuring Java performance (or Jack starts a taxi business): Part 2

by VijaySundaresan on October 24, 2017 in Performance
Response time, memory footprint, and scalability In the previous article, Jack considered buying a new car for his taxi business and looked at how long...

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Measuring Java performance (or Jack starts a taxi business): Part 1

by VijaySundaresan on October 24, 2017 in Performance
Startup time, ramp-up time, and throughput You’ve probably heard those jokes that start, “If my car behaved like software…” – including that infamous exchange between...

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How Concurrent Scavenge using the Guarded Storage Facility Works

by dsouzairwin on September 25, 2017 in Performance
The default Garbage Collection (GC) policy for the Eclipse OpenJ9 Virtual Machine (J9VM), which powers the IBM® SDK, JavaTM Technology Edition, is generational concurrent (gencon)....

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Are you still paying for unused memory when your Java app is idle?

by mehra.ashutosh on September 25, 2017 in News
A typical transaction-based Java™ application uses a request-response model and its load does not remain the same throughout its lifetime; it goes through peaks (high...

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Reducing Garbage Collection pause times with Concurrent Scavenge and the Guarded Storage Facility

by dsouzairwin on September 18, 2017 in Performance
Java virtual machines (JVM) use built-in garbage collection (GC) technology to automatically manage memory usage within the Java heap. When an allocation failure occurs, a...

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IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8, Service Refresh 5

by Sue Chaplain on September 14, 2017 in Release notes
Service refresh 5 contains a major refresh of the Java runtime environment, which provides significant performance and serviceability enhancements across all supported platforms, including the...

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IBM SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8, Service Refresh 4, Fix Pack 11

by Sue Chaplain on September 5, 2017 in Release notes
Fix pack 11 is now available on the Downloads page, which contains the latest IBM fixes to the code base. To find out more about...

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IBM SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8, Service Refresh 4, Fix Pack 10

by Esther Dovey on August 9, 2017 in Release notes
Fix pack 10 is now available on the Downloads page, which contains the latest IBM fixes to the code base. To find out more about...

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