Performance Tuning with OS X and JBoss

[cortesr]

Hi there. I did a search in the forums and couldn't find an answer to this question so I hope it wasn't asked already.

Has anyone been able to performance tune a JBoss application running on MacOS X using any of the performance/profiling tools shipped with MacOS X (i.e. MallocDebug, Sampler)? If so, any hints or suggestions about moving forward would be fantastic. Thanks!

[cortesr]

I did some initial testing last night and it doesn't look like many of the testing applications that are shipped with OS X will work with Java applications. However, I was able to attach to a running Java application and monitor the thread allocations as well as their deaths.

[mannef]

Maybe you don't want to, but I really think you'd be better off using a java-based profiler like optimizeit or jprobe. You can get evaluation licenses for free if your budget is tight.

Good Luck!

Manne