-client or -server (aggressive inlining)

[Qudus]

hi

For a certain improvement of Xith3D I need the aggressive inlining capabilities of the -server JVM. Not all systems (especially Win machines) are treated as server machines by default. Is there any good reason, why not to use the -server JVM by default for any App (GUI, desktop, game, etc.)? Or do I have a chance to enable aggressive inlining for the client JVM, too?

Marvin

[bienator]

There is no reason for not using the server VM in the Graphics area. The server VM is faster but the GC is also laysier, so expect a faster growing heap.

in java 7 both VMs are merged anyway.

[DzzD]

server VM take more time to start, client VM start faster , in another hand client VM run a little slower than server VM (not sure).

[Qudus]

@bienator

There is no reason for not using the server VM in the Graphics area. The server VM is faster but the GC is also laysier, so expect a faster growing heap.

We anyway keep an eye on it to have extremely little GC in Xith3D. So that won’t be a problem.

@bienator

in java 7 both VMs are merged anyway.

Cool. That’s an interesting information.

@DzzD

server VM take more time to start, client VM start faster , in another hand client VM run a little slower than server VM (not sure).

I have run tests to compare them both and the additional startup time is not too important, since it is not very big.

Thanks a lot guys, for these information. It will be of great help for my future decisions. If there’s anybody else having useful information about this, don’t hesitate to post :).

Marvin