Java Performance Documentation

Check out the Java Performance Technical Topic -- the new portal for Java Performance information!

This page aggregates performance documentation for the Java Platform from operating systems to application servers.

J2SE Performance White Papers
- J2SE 5.0 Performance White Paper
- J2SE 1.4.2 Performance White Paper
- J2SE 1.4 Performance White Paper

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Performance
- Availability Modeling for the Sun ONE Application Server 7 Enterprise Edition
- Sun ONE Appserver 7 Performance Tuning Guide
- Sun ONE Application Server 7 PE/SE Performance White Paper
- Frequently Asked Questions About Sun ONE Application Server Performance
- Tuning Java for Application Servers
- Basic Performance Tuning for the iPlanet Application Server

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) Performance
- Ergonomics in the 5.0 Java Virtual Machine
- Tuning Garbage Collection with the 5.0 Java Virtual Machine
- Non-invasive performance monitoring with the jvmstat 3.0 tools for the HotSpot™ Java Virtual Machine
- The jvmstat 3.0 FAQ
- The Java Performance FAQ
- Tuning Garbage Collection with the 1.4.2 Java Virtual Machine
- Tuning Garbage Collection with the 1.3.1 Java Virtual Machine
- Java HotSpot VM Options
- Java and Threads
- Big Heaps and Intimate Shared Memory
- High-Performance Graphics

Java Performance and Operating Systems
- Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.4 for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment Data Sheet
- Sun Performance
- Performance and Tuning on the Solaris 2.6, 7, and 8 Operating Environments
- Red Hat Linux 9 and Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.4.2: A Winning Combination

Java Performance Tuning Sample Code
- Performance Tuning Code Samples from Java Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics
- More Performance Tuning Code Samples

Books on Java Performance
- Java Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics (completely online!)
- High-Performance Java Platform Computing
- Effective Java
- Enterprise Java Performance

Articles on Java Performance
- A Performance Analysis Tool
- Design for Performance