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Azul Platform Prime JDK 17 Feature Preview

Looking to try out JDK 17 on Azul Platform Prime? Then try our Azul Platform Prime JDK 17 Feature Preview. JDK 17 is feature complete in this Feature Preview but we have not finished doing performance optimization. So you can try out all of the new language features but do not try to do performance […]
Java Support

What is OpenJDK?

I talk to many people about how they use Java, and I find there is a high level of misunderstanding about what OpenJDK is.  The idea of this post is to provide a clear description of what OpenJDK is and isn’t. Let’s start with some history.  Back in 2006, the management of Sun Microsystems (the […]
Performance

Solr Throughput on Azul Platform Prime vs OpenJDK

At Azul, we have been measuring the performance of popular Java open-source projects on our optimized Azul Zulu Prime Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu Prime) versus vanilla Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu). Today we look at throughput measurements with Solr, a popular open-source Java-based search engine. Azul Zulu Prime (formerly known as “Zing”) […]
Platform Prime

Benchmarking Renaissance on OpenJDK and Azul Platform Prime

The Renaissance Suite is an increasingly popular Java benchmark and one of the many benchmarks that Azul uses internally to measure performance of Azul Platform Prime from release to release and against OpenJDK. In this blog, we will look at how we run Renaissance and how Azul Platform Prime performs against OpenJDK. Benchmark Methodology We […]

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Azul Platform Prime JDK 17 Feature Preview

Looking to try out JDK 17 on Azul Platform Prime? Then try our Azul Platform Prime JDK 17 Feature Preview. JDK 17 is feature complete in this Feature Preview but we have not finished doing performance optimization. So you can try out all of the new language features but do not try to do performance […]
Performance

Solr Throughput on Azul Platform Prime vs OpenJDK

At Azul, we have been measuring the performance of popular Java open-source projects on our optimized Azul Zulu Prime Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu Prime) versus vanilla Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu). Today we look at throughput measurements with Solr, a popular open-source Java-based search engine. Azul Zulu Prime (formerly known as “Zing”) […]
Platform Prime

Benchmarking Renaissance on OpenJDK and Azul Platform Prime

The Renaissance Suite is an increasingly popular Java benchmark and one of the many benchmarks that Azul uses internally to measure performance of Azul Platform Prime from release to release and against OpenJDK. In this blog, we will look at how we run Renaissance and how Azul Platform Prime performs against OpenJDK. Benchmark Methodology We […]
Platform Prime

Azul Platform Prime Stream Builds Are Now Free for Evaluation, Development, and Testing

More big changes to how Azul licenses Azul Platform Prime are here. Following our changes to Azul Platform Prime pricing, we are now changing our licensing terms to make Stream Builds of Azul Platform Prime free for evaluation, development, and testing.  Here are the new evaluation terms for Azul Platform Prime:  Stream Builds are free for evaluation, development, and testing. We have […]
Company

Azul’s New Pricing Structure

Azul Systems is happy to announce a major change for the way that we bill for our Java platforms. Going forward, Azul will use a capacity-based pricing structure, billing based on the processor power of the server rather than the count of servers. The metric we use is vCore.  A vCore, also known as Virtual Core or […]