Java Performance on Multi-Core Platforms

“The definitive master class in performance tuning Java applications… if you love all the gory details, this is the book for you.” –James Gosling, creator of Java

Improvements in the Java platform and new multicore/multiprocessor hardware have made it possible to dramatically improve the performance and scalability of Java software. Now, two leading Java performance experts have written the first start-to-finish guide to optimizing Java performance in today’s systems. Writing for developers, designers, and architects, Charlie Hunt and Binu John offer uniquely detailed, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of Java performance improvement, from monitoring and profiling to upgrading code from Java 1.4.2 or Java 5.

Java™ Performance covers the latest Oracle and third-party tools to monitor and measure performance on a wide variety of hardware architectures and operating systems. Drawing on their unsurpassed insider experience, the authors present dozens of tips and tricks you’ll find nowhere else.

You’ll learn how to construct experiments that identify opportunities for optimization, interpret the results, and take effective action. You’ll also find powerful new insights into microbenchmarking—including how to avoid common mistakes that can mislead you into writing poorly performing software. Then, building on this foundation, you’ll walk through optimizing the Oracle HotSpot VM; standard and multitiered applications; Web applications and services; persistence, EJBs, and more.

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Using this book, you can squeeze maximum performance and value from all your Java applications—no matter how complex they are, what platforms they’re running on, or how long you’ve been running them.