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| SAMPLE APPLICATIONS THAT TEST THE DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE BETWEEN DISTINCT ONC RPC/XDR for JAVA and RMI |
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Many of our users have asked for information regarding the difference in
performance of RMI versus Distinct Java RPC. For this reason we have done some
testing that illustrates the difference.
The results show that on
average applications developed using Distinct ONC RPC/XDR for Java returned
their calls 40-50% faster than the same call made in an RMI application.
The samples we provide come in two directories, one called RMI and one
called JRPC. The RMI subdirectory includes the samples written in RMI and the
JRPC subdirectory includes the same samples written using the Distinct ONC
RPC/XDR for Java Toolkit. First we show you how to set up the RMI test by
running the client and server parts of the test, then we do this for the exact
same sample using Distinct Java RPC.
SAMPLE TO TEST RMI PERFORMANCE
The sample is comprised of a client and server. To run this sample you must
first install and run the server on a host such as a Sun system or a Microsoft
Windows system.
STARTING THE SERVER
Below we provide instructions for running the
server on a Sun Solaris or Microsoft Windows system.
Running the Server off a Sun Solaris system
The following instructions
should let you quickly run this sample application. To install the server on
Solaris place the program files in /home/test/rmi, then follow these
instructions:
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Change the current directory to: /home/test/rmi |
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You then need to start RMIs registry. However, before you do this you must
make sure that the shell or window in which you will run rmiregistry either has
no CLASSPATH environment variable set or has a CLASSPATH environment variable
that does not include the path to any classes, including the stubs. To unset the
classpath call:
unsetenv CLASSPATH
To start the rmiregistry
enter:
rmiregistry &
Next set the classpath:
setenv
CLASSPATH ./:/home/jrpc/ |
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Now you are ready to start the server on the same host that you have started
the registry:
java -Djava.rmi.server.codebase=file:/home/test/rmi/
-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=hostname RMIServer RMIServer bound
where
hostname is the name of the host that is running this server. |
Running the RMI server on a Microsoft Windows system
Copy the program files to C:\Program Files\test\rmi, then follow these steps:
| 1. | Change the current directory to c:\Program Files\test\rmi |
| 2. | You then need to start RMIs registry. However, before you
do this you must make sure that the shell or window in
which you will run rmiregistry either has no CLASSPATH
environment variable set or has a CLASSPATH environment
variable that does not include the path to any classes,
including the stubs. To unset the classpath call:
set CLASSPATH=
To start the rmiregistry enter:
start rmiregistry
Next set the classpath:
set CLASSPATH=.\;C:\jrpc\
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| 3. | Now you are ready to start the server on the same host that
you have started the registry:
java -Djava.rmi.server.codebase=file:/C:\Progra~1\test\rmi/
-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=hostname RMIServer
RMIServer bound
where hostname is the name of the host that is running this server. |
Once the registry and the server are running you are ready to start the client.
STARTING THE CLIENT
SYNTAX:
java [RMI options] RMIClient server "message" [count]
Running the Client on a Sun Solaris System
Copy all the program files to the /home/test/rmi directory. Then in
the C Shell:
| 1. | Change the current directory to /home/test/rmi. |
| 2. | Set the classpath:
setenv CLASSPATH ./:/home/jrpc/ |
| 3. | Start the RMI client:
java -Djava.rmi.server.codebase=file:/home/test/rmi/ RMIClient
java RMIClient server "message" [count]
where:
server - hostname for RMIServer
message - message to be sent to server
count - repeating times to send message, default 1000
The server returns the average time that each client call takes.
The first time shows the time taken by the server to receive only
a message and the second shows the time it took to compute the MD5
hash for the message.
Example:
java -Djava.rmi.server.codebase=file:/home/test/rmi/ RMIClient hostname
'Hello World!' 5000
where hostname is the name of the machine that is running the server
this command should output:
Only send message to server: OK
Average time for each call: 8.1458 ms
Get MD5 hash for message from server: ED076287532E86365E841E92BFC50D8C
Average time for each call: 9.4476 ms
(note that the time may vary depending on your network traffic)
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Running the Client on a Microsoft Windows System
Copy the program files to: C:\test\rmi
| 1. | Change the current directory to c:\test\rmi. |
| 2. | Set the classpath:
set CLASSPATH=.\;C:\jrpc\
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| 3. | Start the RMI client:
java -Djava.rmi.server.codebase=file:/C:\test\rmi/ RMIClient hostname
"Hello World!" 5000
where hostname is the name of the machine that is running the server
This command should output:
Only send message to server: OK
Average time for each call: 8.1458 ms
Get MD5 hash for message from server: ED076287532E86365E841E92BFC50D8C
Average time for each call: 9.4476 ms
(note that the time may vary depending on your network traffic)
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TEST JRPC PERFORMANCE
The Distinct Jvav RPC server and client test applications are located in the
"jrpc" directory. Below, we illustrate how to run this test assuming that
you will be installing it on either a Sun Solaris system or a Microsoft
Windows system.
Running the MD5Server on Sun Solaris
Copy the Distinct JRPC program files to /home/test/jrpc and make sure you have
installed Distinct ONC RPC/XDR toolkit for Java (trial or actual version) on
your system (we assume here that you installed it under /home/jrpc. Then:
| 1. | Change the current directory to:
/home/test/jrpc
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| 2. | Set the classpath:
setenv CLASSPATH ./:/home/jrpc/
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| 3. | Run the server
java MD5Server
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Running the MD5Server on Microsoft Windows
We assume that you have installed the Distinct ONC RPC/XDR Toolkit for
Java in C:\jrpc and the test programs are in C:\test\jrpc. Then:
Windows (Distinct JRPC in C:\jrpc and test programs in C:\test\jrpc):
| 1. | Change the current directory to:
C:\\test\jrpc
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| 2. | Set the classpath:
set CLASSPATH=.\;C:\jrpc\
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| 3. | Run the server
java MD5Server
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Once the server is running you need to start the client.
Running the MD5Client on a Sun Solaris System
We assume that you have installed the Distinct ONC RPC/XDR Toolkit
for Java on /home/jrpc and have copied the test program files to
/home/test/jrpc. Then:
| 1. | Change the current directory to /home/test/jrpc. |
| 2. | Set the classpath:
setenv CLASSPATH ./:/home/jrpc/
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| 3. | Run the client
java MD5Client server "message" [count]
where:
server - hostname for MD5Server
message - message to be sent to server
count - repeating times to send message, default 1000
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The server returns the average time that each client call takes.
The first time shows the time taken by the server to receive only
a message and the second shows the time it took to compute the MD5
hash for the message.
Example:
java MD5Client sun 'Hello World!' 5000
where sun is the name of the server that is running the server
application
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This should cause the following output:
Only send message to server: OK
Average time for each call: 4.2114 ms
Get MD5 hash for message from server: ED076287532E86365E841E92BFC50D8C
Average time for each call: 5.7102 ms
(note the time may vary slightly depending on your network traffic)
Running the MD5Client on a Microsoft Windows System
We assume that you have installed the Distnct ONC RPC/XDR Toolkit for
Java in C:\jrpc and the test program files in C:\test\jrpc. Then:
| 1. | Change the current directory to:
c:\test\jrpc
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| 2. | Set the classpath:
set CLASSPATH=.\;C:\jrpc\
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| 3. | Run the client application"
java MD5Client hostname "Hello World!" 5000
where hostname is the name of the server that is running the server
application
This command should output:
Only send message to server: OK
Average time for each call: 4.2114 ms
Get MD5 hash for message from server: ED076287532E86365E841E92BFC50D8C
Average time for each call: 5.7102 ms
(note the time may vary slightly depending on your network traffic)
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