Does Java 6 support 10 gig ethernet out of the box?
It seems like it shouldn't require Java changes, but I thought I remembered that Java 7 was adding 10 gig support.
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Java doesn't care about the underlying network infrastructure when it uses sockets, etc. If 100Gbit Ethernet was invented tomorrow, Java would support it.
So, basically, the answer is yes.
I'm not sure where you found the 10Gbit; it might be some other Java-based product.
Lucas Jones
2009-09-22 20:16:12
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I'm guessing you saw some article (like http://www.devwebsphere.com/devwebsphere/2006/07/10gb_ethernet_p.html) questioning whether the IO libraries in pre Java 7 were capable of filling a 10gb pipe, that made reference to the features in the new NIO2 libraries in Java 7 (JSR 203).
SimonC
2009-09-22 20:49:57
+1. It seems likely JSR 203 is what the OP was talking about.
Grant Wagner
2009-09-24 20:52:05
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10 GB Ethernet should be presented by the OS in the same way as 1 GB Ethernet is.
What you may be confusing this with is support for Infiniband over Socket Direct Protocol (SDP) on Solaris. See JDK7 features.
Tom Hawtin - tackline
2009-09-23 01:48:58