> If you've disabled swap on a machine what is the reason to use JNA? JNA will still be used to efficiently make hard links for snapshots. It's not necessary to lock the JVM memory when swap is disabled.
> A second question is doesn't JNA break the Java inherent security mechanisms > by allowing access to direct system calls outside of the JVM? Are there any > concerns around this? Anyone else have an answer? Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 1/05/2012, at 12:49 PM, Cord MacLeod wrote: > Hello group, > > I'm a new Cassandra and Java user so I'm still trying to get my head around a > few things. If you've disabled swap on a machine what is the reason to use > JNA? A second question is doesn't JNA break the Java inherent security > mechanisms by allowing access to direct system calls outside of the JVM? Are > there any concerns around this?
