Open source Java proponents want to modernize the Java memory model, which has not been formally updated in more than nine years, and focus on concurrency. A JEP (JDK Enhancement Proposal), number 188 ...

With the recent announcement of JDK Enhancement Project (JEP) 188, now seems like a good time to brush up on what you know about the Java memory model. Authored by Doug Lea, JEP 188 proposes the first ...

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One of the reasons developers love Java is that the JVM performs garbage collection (GC) for them. One of the reasons system admins hate the JVM is the unpredictable nature of Java GC. A Java GC ...

If you cannot satisfy the performance with one server node when concurrent users are increasing dramatically, or you cannot scale your Java applications with one JVM instance due to the limitation of ...