Introduction

This document will give you an overview between the relationship of the threading models used by the Solaris^TM operating environment and the Java^TMthread model. Choices you make about Solaris threading models can have a large impact on the performance of your Java runtime enivonment on Solaris operating environment.

The Java programming language is naturally multi-threaded and because of this the underlying OS implementation can make a substantial difference in the performance of your application. Fortunately (or unfortunately), you can choose from multiple threading models and different methods of synchronization within the model, but this varies from VM to VM. Adding to the confusion, the threads library will be transitioning from Solaris 8 to 9, eliminating many of these choices.

Version 1.1 is based on green threads and won't be covered here. Green threads are simulated threads within the VM and were used prior to going to a native OS threading model in 1.2 and beyond. Green threads may have had an advantage on Linux at one point (since you don't have to spawn a process for each native thread), but VM technology has advanced significantly since version 1.1 and any benefit green threads had in the past is erased by the performance increases over the years.

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