Hi Rob, On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Prabath Abeysekara < > prabathabeysek...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just want to know whether the $subject is recommended. Because, I've seen >> some of the Oracle(Sun) specific packages "sun.misc.*" are being used in a >> few places in Cassandra code base, which is not interoperable. So, it would >> be great if someone can shed some light as to what extent it is recommended >> to use with Java implementations other than Oracle(Sun). >> > > The codebase passive aggressively tells you to "upgrade" your JVM if you > use a non-Oracle environment. > > The summary seems to be that Cassandra mostly works with OpenJDK, but that > it is not supported, common, or recommended. Community experiences > indicates that you will encounter far more issues with OpenJDK 6 than 7. > Cassandra 2.0 requires Java 7... > > In summary, unless you absolutely *must* use OpenJDK, you should use the > Oracle/Sun JVM/JDK. > Thanks a lot for the information. Cassandra documentation says it supports IBM JDK as well. I'm wondering to what extent that statement is valid given the aforementioned problems. Cheers, Prabath > > =Rob > > -- Prabath
