Search Results

Search found 32516 results on 1301 pages for 'oracle off topic'.

Page 587/1301 | < Previous Page | 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594  | Next Page >

  • The Increasing Focus on Architecture

    - by Bob Rhubart
    If you follow my updates on Twitter or on the OTN ArchBeat page on Facebook you have probably noticed that I'm a regular reader of Joe McKendrick's SOA blog on ZDNet. Usually I'm content to simply share a link on my social networks when I find one of McKendrick's posts interesting. But with a recent post, In the cloud era, let's start calling IT what it is: 'Innovation Team', McKendrick hit on a point that warrants more than a quick link: "IT is no longer just a department full of people who code, build and maintain systems. IT is the business partner that plans and strategizes what types of technology solutions the business needs to move forward." Of course, what McKendrick is describing is an increased focus on architecture. Assuming that McKendrick's assessment is correct — and I do — that expanding focus, from coding, building, and maintaining systems to planning and strategizing technology solutions that serve the business, isn't limited to the organizational level. The individual roles within the IT organization will also have to shift to a more broadly architectural mindset. McKendrick's post references Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger's assessment of cloud computing as a critical "third model" of computing to emerge in the 50-year history of Information Technology. As computing itself evolves, the underlying roles that make computing possible must evolve accordingly. That evolution will be defined by an increased focus on architecture.

    Read the article

  • Play Framework Plugin for NetBeans IDE (Part 2)

    - by Geertjan
    After I published part 1 of this series, the first external contribution (i.e., not by me) to the NetBeans plugin for Play Framework 2 was committed today. Yann D'Isanto added support for creating new Play projects: That completely solves a problem I was working on, in a different way altogether. I was working on creating a new wizard that would call "play new" on the command line and pass into the command line the entered name and application type (1 for Java and 2 for Scala). However, Yann's solution is better, at least in the sense in that it works, as opposed to mine which didn't, because of problems I continually had with the command line, since one needs to press Enter multiple times on the Play command line when creating new projects, which I wasn't able to simulate in my new wizard. Yann's approach is simply to follow the approach taken in the Project Type Module Tutorial, which explains how to register a project sample in the IDE. I was inspired by Yann's contribution, especially when he mentioned that one needs to build Play projects on the command line. So, I added a new menu item on the right-click of a project for building Play projects, which simply passes "play compile" to the command line for the current project: Via the IDE's main menu bar, you can also Build and Run the application, though the code for the Clean function needs to be added still, which would be a cool thing for anyone out there to add, by using all the existing code and then passing "play clean compile" to the command line. Something else that Yann added is an Options Window extension, thanks to the Options Window Module Tutorial, for registering the Play installation, which is a step forward from my hard coded solution. I changed things slightly so that, when Build or Run are selected, without a Play installation being defined, the Options window opens, displaying the tab that Yann created, shown below. Notice that there's no Browse button, which would be a simple next step for anyone else to contribute. A small tip is to use the FileChooserBuilder from the NetBeans IDE APIs when working on the Browse button: Looking forward to more contributions to the Play Framework 2 plugin for NetBeans IDE. Just leave a message here with your ideas, with your java.net name, and then I'll add you to the project on java.net, where I very much look forward to your contributions: http://java.net/projects/nbplay/sources/nbplay

    Read the article

  • Take a snapshot with JavaFX!

    - by user12610255
    JavaFX 2.2 has a "snapshot" feature that enables you to take a picture of any node or scene. Take a look at the API Documentation and you will find new snapshot methods in the javafx.scene.Scene class. The most basic version has the following signature: public WritableImage snapshot(WritableImage image) The WritableImage class (also introduced in JavaFX 2.2) lives in the javafx.scene.image package, and represents a custom graphical image that is constructed from pixels supplied by the application. In fact, there are 5 new classes in javafx.scene.image: PixelFormat: Defines the layout of data for a pixel of a given format. WritablePixelFormat: Represents a pixel format that can store full colors and so can be used as a destination format to write pixel data from an arbitrary image. PixelReader: Defines methods for retrieving the pixel data from an Image or other surface containing pixels. PixelWriter: Defines methods for writing the pixel data of a WritableImage or other surface containing writable pixels. WritableImage: Represents a custom graphical image that is constructed from pixels supplied by the application, and possibly from PixelReader objects from any number of sources, including images read from a file or URL. The API documentation contains lots of information, so go investigate and have fun with these useful new classes! -- Scott Hommel

    Read the article

  • Dental adventures ...

    - by nospam(at)example.com (Joerg Moellenkamp)
    Today my dentist pulled all the stops. Really. Just to explain ... half a year ago or so, i got the base part of an dental implant in my jaw. Today i got the teeth ... beside other things. At first i made the acquaintance of a really weird instrument to remove a temporary tooth crown ... it's called "Hirtenstab" in german ... or "crown remover" in english ... i would call it tool of torture. After the fourth time using it, the temporary flew through the room and the final crowns were set on two teeth left and right of the implant. But the strangest instrument i saw was the instrument to fix the abatement (the thing between the crown and the screw thread implanted in the jaw). They really use a torque wrench (albeit a really small one) to screw the abatement into the jaw. Well .. at least i have a zirconium dioxide smile now ...

    Read the article

  • Silicon Valley Code Camp 2012 - Submit Your Talks

    - by arungupta
    Silicon Valley Code Camp follows three rules: Given by/for the community Always free Never occur during work hours I've spoken there at 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 and have again submitted a talk this year as well, and will submit more! Its one of the best organically grown code camps with the attendance constantly growing over the past 6 years. Here is a chart that shows how the number of conferences attendees that registered and attended and the sessions delivered over past 6 years. If you wonder why there is such a big gap between "registered" and "attended" that's because this event is FREE! Yes, 100% free. If you are in and around Silicon Valley then you have no reason to not participate/speak at SVCC. You have the opportunity to meet all the local JUG leaders and the community "rockstars" :-) Date: Oct 6/7, 2012 Venue: Foothill College, 12345, El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA Submit today or register!

    Read the article

  • IT Sicherheit - (K)ein Thema für Admins!

    - by Anne Manke
    Laut einer Umfrage von Synetics unter rund 1500 Administratoren anlässlich des Tages des Systemadministrators beschäftigen sich 38 % der Befragten überhaupt nicht mit IT-Sicherheit und IT-Sicherheitsmanagement. Nur 32,6 % beschäftigen sich lediglich ein bis 2 Stunden pro Wochen mit dem Thema Sicherheit für ihre Umgebung. Die meiste Arbeitszeit wird indes auf das Servermanagement verwendet. 46,2% der Befragten gaben an 10 Stunden und mehr für das verwalten und instandhalten der Server zu verwenden. Die Befragten sind bei Unternehmen mit einer Mitarbeitergröße zwischen 101 und 1000 Mitarbeiter angestellt. Den kompletten Artikel finden Sie auf der Internetseite Heise-Online!

    Read the article

  • Windows 7 Pro x64 suffering from insomnia

    - by gemisigo
    My Win 7 Pro x64 is unable to enter sleep mode. Pressing the sleep button results in strange state where the computer starts entering the sleep mode, the display is turned off but then the whole process stops, it does not switch off the hdd, the keyboard still responds to numlock/capslock, but the display does not on anymore. I have to cut power and restart. If I remove everything (wireless mouse, external hdd, usb hub, etc.) it does enter sleep mode, but if there is something left, it does not, though every one of them has "Allow the computer to turn off this device..." checked and "Allow this device to wake the computer" unchecked. Why does it not work? It was working properly in the RC.

    Read the article

  • RPi and Java Embedded: Hard-Float Support is Here!!!

    - by hinkmond
    You wanted Java Embedded with Hardware Floating Point support to install on a default Raspian environment for your Raspberry Pi? Well, you just got your wish. Merry Christmas! See: Developer JDK 8 for ARM w/Hard-Float Here's a quote: The Java SE 8 Developer Preview Release for ARM including JavaFX (JDK 8) on Linux has been made available at http://jdk8.java.net. The Developer Preview is provided to the community to get feedback on the ongoing progress of the project. Developers can start developing applications using this build of Java SE 8 on an ARM device, such as the a Raspberry Pi. It's a regular JDK (Java SE 8 preview) for your Raspberry Pi, so you should note this means there is a javac (and the other typical JDK tools) available to compile your Java apps right there on the device! Woot! I'll cover step-by-step instructions how to do that in a future blog post. Stay tuned... Hinkmond

    Read the article

  • Launch Specific OEPE Workspace from the Start Menu

    - by user647124
    I frequently have multiple Eclipse-based projects running simultaneously, sometimes on different versions of Eclipse. I have made a mess of a few workspaces by accidentally opening them in the wrong version of Eclipse. To thwart my own forgetfulness, I went seeking a way to launch directly to a workspace and found it at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/209789/starting-eclipse-w-specific-workspace. Essentially, add the -data switch to your icon's open command, such as: C:\eclipse\eclipse.exe -data E:\MyData\Clients\Confidential\EclipseGCDPGive it a unique name and stick it on your Start Menu (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu). Makes my life a bit easier and hopefully yours, too.

    Read the article

  • Java University Pre-Conference Training Is Back

    - by Tori Wieldt
    The Java University pre-conference training will be back again this year at JavaOne!  Java University gives conference attendees a chance to get even more from your conference experience by giving you the option to attend a full day of in-depth Java training delivered by the experts on the Sunday prior to the conference.  We are working to make this event even better in 2012 and want to find out which technical sessions you would like to see offered.  Web Services? Developing Rich Client Applications with Java SE 7? Developing Portable Java EE Applications with the Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1 API and Java Persistence API 2.0? Performance Tuning?  There are so many hot topics to choose from we need your help to decide.  Get a preview of the full list of sessions we are considering and tell us which ones pique your interest most in our short survey.  There are only four questions so it shouldn’t take you much time and it will help make for a better event in 2012.

    Read the article

  • JEditorPane Code Completion

    - by Geertjan
    Code completion in a JEditorPane: Unfortunately, a lot of this solution depends on the Java Editor support in the IDE. Therefore, to use it, in its current state, you'll need lots of Java Editor related JARs even though your own application probably doesn't include a Java Editor. A key thing one needs to do is implement the NetBeans Code Completion API, using the related tutorial in the NetBeans Platform Learning Trail, but register the CompletionProvider as follows: @MimeRegistration(mimeType = "text/x-dialog-binding", service = CompletionProvider.class) Then in the TopComponent, include this code, which will bind all the completion providers in the above location, i.e., text/x-dialog-binding, to the JEditorPane: EditorKit kit = CloneableEditorSupport.getEditorKit("text/x-java"); jEditorPane1.setEditorKit(kit); FileObject fob; try {     fob = FileUtil.getConfigRoot().createData("tmp.java");     DataObject dob = DataObject.find(fob);     jEditorPane1.getDocument().putProperty(             Document.StreamDescriptionProperty,             dob);     DialogBinding.bindComponentToFile(fob, 0, 0, jEditorPane1);     jEditorPane1.setText("Egypt"); } catch (IOException ex) {     Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex); } Not a perfect solution, a bit hacky, with a high overheard, but a start nonetheless. Someone should look in the NetBeans sources to see how this actually works and then create a generic solution that is not tied to the Java Editor.

    Read the article

  • JCP.next.3: time to get to work

    - by Patrick Curran
    As I've previously reported in this blog, we planned three JSRs to improve the JCP’s processes and to meet our members’ expectations for change. The first - JCP.next.1, or more formally JSR 348: Towards a new version of the Java Community Process - was completed in October 2011. This focused on a small number of simple but important changes to make our process more transparent and to enable broader participation. We're already seeing the benefits of these changes as new and existing JSRs adopt the new requirements. However, because we wanted to complete this JSR quickly we deliberately postponed a number of more complex items, including everything that would require modifying the JSPA (the legal agreement that members sign when they join the organization) to a follow-on JSR. The second JSR (JSR 355: JCP Executive Committee Merge) is in progress now and will complete later this year. This JSR is even simpler than the first, and is focused solely on merging the two Executive Committees into one for greater efficiency and to encourage synergies between the Java ME and Java SE platforms. Continuing the momentum to move Java and the JCP forward we have just filed the third JSR (JCP.next.3) as JSR 358: A major revision of the Java Community Process. This JSR will modify the JSPA as well as the Process Document, and will tackle a large number of complex issues, many of them postponed from JSR 348. For these reasons we expect to spend a considerable amount of time working on it - at least a year, and probably more. The current version of the JSPA was created back in 2002, although some minor changes were introduced in 2005. Since then the organization and the environment in which we operate have changed significantly, and it is now time to revise our processes to ensure that they meet our current needs. We have a long list of topics to be considered, including the role of independent implementations (those not derived from the Reference Implementation), licensing and open source, ensuring that our new transparency requirements are implemented correctly, compatibility policy and TCKs, the role of individual members, patent policy, and IP flow. The Expert Group for JSR 358, as with all process-change JSRs, consists of all members of the Executive Committees. Even though the JSR has just been filed we started discussions on the various topics several months ago (see the EC's meeting minutes for details) and our EC members - including the new members who joined within the last year or two - are actively engaged. Now it's your opportunity to get involved. As required by version 2.8 of our Process (introduced with JSR 348) we will conduct all our business in the open. We have a public java.net project where you can follow and participate in our work. All of our deliberations will be copied to a public Observer mailing list, we'll track our issues on a public Issue Tracker, and all our documents (meeting agendas and minutes, task lists, working drafts) will be published in our Document Archive. We're just getting started, but we do want your input. Please visit us on java.net where you can learn how to participate. Let's get to work...

    Read the article

  • Hands on with Endeca Information Discovery

    - by Grant Schofield
    I would like to draw your attention to a very useful external site for partners looking to self-start with Endeca. Using the information in this site you or your team should be able to be up and running with your first Agile BI application built in a few hours.   Endeca123.Com For those who learn best by doing, this is a great way to get a head start prior to attending classroom based training.

    Read the article

  • Coming Soon - JavaOne Latin America 2012!

    - by reza_rahman
    Save the date for JavaOne Latin America 2012 -- 4-6 December! The conference will be held again at the Transamerica Expo Center in São Paulo, Brazil. The content is shaping up nicely. Here is a preview of some of it: Designing Java EE Applications in the Age of CDI HTML5 WebSocket and Java JAX-RS 2.0: New and Noteworthy in the RESTful Web Services API What’s New in Java Message Service 2.0 Why Should I Switch to Java SE 7 Hope to see you there! More details and registration here.

    Read the article

  • Wanted Now: Your Feedback on Java EE 7!

    - by reza_rahman
    Work on Java EE 7 presses on under JSR 342. Things are shaping up nicely and Java EE 7 is now in the Early Draft Review stage. You can find out more and get involved by visiting the Java.net project for Java EE. There are now a number of important open issues that the Java EE expert group would like to get broad community feeback on. These issues include what new JSRs to add to the Java EE Full/Web Profile as well as how to better align CDI with Java EE. Help shape the future and voice your opinion on these critical open issues by taking the short survey posted here.

    Read the article

  • New: Online NetBeans 8 Crash Course

    - by Geertjan
    On Twitter today I came across an announcement for a brand new on-line course in NetBeans 8. Since NetBeans 8 has been released during the past few months, the course is really very new. Go here to get there directly: https://www.video2brain.com/de/videotraining/netbeans-ide-8-0-crashkurs Here's the general idea. As you can see, the course is in German. With my basic understanding of German, I've had no problem in following the course. The trainer speaks clearly and slowly and everything is very well structured. The course covers all the basics of NetBeans IDE. From getting set up to using all the key features. The quality of the videos is great and the content is clear and informative. Once you've bought the course, all the lessons are unlocked. As you can see, they're all quite short and there's really a lot of content, didn't all fit into the screenshot: Quite some work must have gone into this. Here's one of the free lessons in the course, to give an idea of what you'll get: https://www.video2brain.com/de/tutorial/texte-internationalisieren This one is also free: https://www.video2brain.com/de/tutorial/eclipse-projekt-importieren I highly recommend this course especially if you're switching, or thinking about switching, from a different IDE and want to get a thorough overview of all the features that NetBeans IDE provides. Everything in the course is done within NetBeans, which means no slides, just code. You get to see the workflow of all the standard tasks and, for these purposes, the course does a really great job.

    Read the article

  • Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) version 4.30

    - by inowodwo
    posted by Maurice Bauhahn Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) version 4.30 was released on December 11th A free download can be accessed via Knowledge Management article 314422.1 and installed in any Enterprise Performance Management 11.1.2.x environment. EPM-specific instructions are available in Knowledge Management article 1304885.1. This RDA version incorporates two new modules (EAS=Essbase Administration Services; HWA=Hyperion Web Analysis) and improvements in modules and profiles relating to twelve other Hyperion applications (EPM, EPMA, ESS, FCM, HFM, HFR, HIR, HPL, HPSV, HSS, PR, and HSV). To follow best practice, run related RDA profiles [for example: "perl rda.pl -vnSCRPp Hyperion1112_EAS"] and attach the output zip file [by default in \rda\output\] to your service requests. The comprehensive set of details provided in such output files should help technicians to avoid delays in handling service requests (by avoiding ping-pong communications resulting from repeated requests for additional values).

    Read the article

  • Java EE 7 support in NetBeans 7.3.1

    - by arungupta
    NetBeans IDE provide tools, templates, and samples for building Java EE 7 applications. NetBeans 7.3.1 specifically added support for the features mentioned below: Support for creating Java EE 7 projects using Maven and Ant Develop, Deploy, and Debug using GlassFish 4 Bundled Java EE 7 javadocs CDI is enabled by default for new Java EE 7 projects (CDI 1.1) Create database scripts from Entity Classes (JPA 2.1) Java Persistence Query Language (JPQL) testing tool (JPA 2.1) RESTful Java client creation using JAX-RS 2.0 Client APIs (JAX-RS 2.0) New templates for JAX-RS 2 Filter and Interceptor (JAX-RS 2.0) New templates for WebSocket endpoints (WebSocket 1.0) JMS messages are sent using JMS 2 simplified API (JMS 2.0) Pass-through attributes are supported during Facelet page editing (JSF 2.2) Resource Library Contracts(JSF 2.2) @FlowScoped beans from editor and wizards (JSF 2.2) Support for EL 3.0 syntax in editor (EL 3.0) JSON APIs can be used with code completion (JSON 1.0) A comprehensive list of features added in this release is available in NetBeans 7.3.1 New and Noteworthy. Watch the screencast below to get a quick overview of the features and capabilities: Download Netbeans 7.3.1 and start playing with Java EE 7!

    Read the article

  • Over 300 "NetBeans Platform for Beginners" Sold

    - by Geertjan
    I've noticed that the authors of "NetBeans Platform for Beginners" have started exposing the number of sales they have achieved. Below, notice the '304' (which will probably change quite quickly) at the lower left end of this screenshot: That's pretty good since the book has only existed for a few months and developers tend to share books they buy in PDF format. That probably means there are 300 teams of software developers around the world who are using the book, which is pretty awesome. (Though it would help the authors significantly, I'm sure, if individual developers on teams would buy the book, rather than sharing one between them. Come on, let's support these great authors so that they'll write more books like this.) Also note that there is a set of reviewer comments on the page above: Plus, the book is updated at the end of each month, so it continues to grow and improve from month to month, for free for everyone who has bought it. If you've read the book and want to contribute a review like the above, contact walternyland @ yahoo dot com. Great work, guys! For anyone out there who hasn't got it yet: https://leanpub.com/nbp4beginners

    Read the article

  • WebLogic Server Deployment Essentials

    - by Masa Sasaki
    WebLogic Server?????????????WebLogic Server????????6?20?????????37?WebLogic Server???@????????WebLogic Server Deployment Essentials?(?????????? ??????????? ?? ??)??????????????????????????????????????????WebLogic Server?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????FastSwap?????????????????????????????WebLogic Server???????????????????(?????? Fusion Middleware?????? ??? ??) ?? ??????????????WebLogic Server Deployment Essentials???? ???????????WebLogic Srever?????????~??????? ?~??????????WebLogic Server???????????????? ?????????WebLogic Server???????????????? ??????????Weblogic Server??????????????????? ????????????????????????????????? ?????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????? WebLogic Server??????????????? WebLogic Server????????????? ?????????WebLogic?????????????????? ????????????????????????2??????????? ?1??????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????? (?????????)?????????? ?2??????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????? WebLogic Server?3??????????????? 1.???????????? 2.?????????????? 3.????????? (???????) ???????????·???????????????·?????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????? ?1?????????????????????????????????? ?2??????????????????? ????????????????weblogic.Deployer???WLST?2??????? ????????1???distribute?????????????? ?2??????start???????????????????????????? 2??????????1???????????????????????????????? (????distribute???start?????????deploy????????????????) ??????????????????????????????????? ????????? ?????????????????????????????? stage, nostage, external_stage?3?????????·????????? WebLogic Server????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????(??????????)????????? ??stage???? ????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? nostage?????????????????????????????????external_stage??? ?????????????????????????nostage??????????????? ?????????????????????????????????? ??? ????????????????????????????????????FastSwap???????? ???????????WebLogic Server Deployment Essentials???????????? ?????? WebLogic Server??? WebLogic Server?????????WebLogic Server?????! WebLogic Server??????(???????????) WebLogic Server???????? WebLogic Server??????

    Read the article

  • Integrating Amazon EC2 in Java via NetBeans IDE

    - by Geertjan
    Next, having looked at Amazon Associates services and Amazon S3, let's take a look at Amazon EC2, the elastic compute cloud which provides remote computing services. I started by launching an instance of Ubuntu Server 14.04 on Amazon EC2, which looks a bit like this in the on-line AWS Management Console, though I whitened out most of the details: Now that I have at least one running instance available on Amazon EC2, it makes sense to use the services that are integrated into NetBeans IDE:  I created a new application with one class, named "AmazonEC2Demo". Then I dragged the "describeInstances" service that you see above, with the mouse, into the class. Then the IDE automatically created all the other files you see below, i.e., 4 Java classes and one properties file: In the properties file, register the access ID and secret keys. These are read by the other generated Java classes. Signing and authentication are done automatically by the code that is generated, i.e., there's nothing generic you need to do and you can immediately begin working on your domain-specific code. Finally, you're now able to rewrite the code in "AmazonEC2Demo" to connect to Amazon EC2 and obtain information about your running instance: public class AmazonEC2Demo { public static void main(String[] args) { String instanceId1 = "i-something"; RestResponse result; try { result = AmazonEC2Service.describeInstances(instanceId1); System.out.println(result.getDataAsString()); } catch (IOException ex) { Logger.getLogger(AmazonEC2Demo.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); } } } From the above, you'll receive a chunk of XML with data about the running instance, it's name, status, dates, etc. In other words, you're now ready to integrate Amazon EC2 features directly into the applications you're writing, without very much work to get started. Within about 5 minutes, you're working on your business logic, rather than on the generic code that anyone needs when integrating with Amazon EC2.

    Read the article

  • MySQL User Camp - Bangalore, India

    - by Lenka Kasparova
    Another MySQL User Group meeting called "MySQL User Camp-Bangalore" is announced for Jun 20 in Bangalore, India!! Please find more details below: Date and time: June 20, 2014 at 3PM IST Place: Bangalore, Kalyani Magnum campus Registration: Registration is needed, please contact [email protected] URL Agenda: MySQL 5.7 New Features and NoSQL support in MySQL Sharding as implemented in MySQL Fabric Open discussion with MySQL developers We are looking forward to seeing you on Jun 20!!

    Read the article

  • Java.net Reborn

    - by Tori Wieldt
    Java.net, the home of  Java community projects, has been re-launched with a new look and new tools for developers.  The move from CollabNet to the Kenai infrastructure offers more flexibility for developers who want to host or contribute to community projects.  Instead of the large, fixed infrastructure per project (for example, several mailing lists per project), Kenai's ala carte features allow users to take only what they need. "We will continue to have the great mix of blogs, forums, and editorial content as well as new tools on the project side, including Mercurial, Git, and JIRA for developers," Java.net Community Manager Sonya Barry explains. The migration was huge effort. Over 1400 projects were migrated (and some 30 projects are left to go). A large part of the migration was a big cleanup of abandoned projects. With the high abandonment rate of open source projects, the was a lot to remove. The new java.net site is smaller, faster and now the percentage of good, current content is much higher.Check it out at http://home.java.net/

    Read the article

  • Using WKA in Large Coherence Clusters (Disabling Multicast)

    - by jpurdy
    Disabling hardware multicast (by configuring well-known addresses aka WKA) will place significant stress on the network. For messages that must be sent to multiple servers, rather than having a server send a single packet to the switch and having the switch broadcast that packet to the rest of the cluster, the server must send a packet to each of the other servers. While hardware varies significantly, consider that a server with a single gigabit connection can send at most ~70,000 packets per second. To continue with some concrete numbers, in a cluster with 500 members, that means that each server can send at most 140 cluster-wide messages per second. And if there are 10 cluster members on each physical machine, that number shrinks to 14 cluster-wide messages per second (or with only mild hyperbole, roughly zero). It is also important to keep in mind that network I/O is not only expensive in terms of the network itself, but also the consumption of CPU required to send (or receive) a message (due to things like copying the packet bytes, processing a interrupt, etc). Fortunately, Coherence is designed to rely primarily on point-to-point messages, but there are some features that are inherently one-to-many: Announcing the arrival or departure of a member Updating partition assignment maps across the cluster Creating or destroying a NamedCache Invalidating a cache entry from a large number of client-side near caches Distributing a filter-based request across the full set of cache servers (e.g. queries, aggregators and entry processors) Invoking clear() on a NamedCache The first few of these are operations that are primarily routed through a single senior member, and also occur infrequently, so they usually are not a primary consideration. There are cases, however, where the load from introducing new members can be substantial (to the point of destabilizing the cluster). Consider the case where cluster in the first paragraph grows from 500 members to 1000 members (holding the number of physical machines constant). During this period, there will be 500 new member introductions, each of which may consist of several cluster-wide operations (for the cluster membership itself as well as the partitioned cache services, replicated cache services, invocation services, management services, etc). Note that all of these introductions will route through that one senior member, which is sharing its network bandwidth with several other members (which will be communicating to a lesser degree with other members throughout this process). While each service may have a distinct senior member, there's a good chance during initial startup that a single member will be the senior for all services (if those services start on the senior before the second member joins the cluster). It's obvious that this could cause CPU and/or network starvation. In the current release of Coherence (3.7.1.3 as of this writing), the pure unicast code path also has less sophisticated flow-control for cluster-wide messages (compared to the multicast-enabled code path), which may also result in significant heap consumption on the senior member's JVM (from the message backlog). This is almost never a problem in practice, but with sufficient CPU or network starvation, it could become critical. For the non-operational concerns (near caches, queries, etc), the application itself will determine how much load is placed on the cluster. Applications intended for deployment in a pure unicast environment should be careful to avoid excessive dependence on these features. Even in an environment with multicast support, these operations may scale poorly since even with a constant request rate, the underlying workload will increase at roughly the same rate as the underlying resources are added. Unless there is an infrastructural requirement to the contrary, multicast should be enabled. If it can't be enabled, care should be taken to ensure the added overhead doesn't lead to performance or stability issues. This is particularly crucial in large clusters.

    Read the article

< Previous Page | 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594  | Next Page >