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Wow. This is a concise and powerful article for tuning both Linux itself and java apps using the IBM Developer Kit 1.3 for Linux.

Even if you arent using the IBM dev kit, check out the article for info on tuning your kernel, memory, swap, disks, processes, network and more in a simple straightforward manner.

Great article, thanks again to developerWorks.

Checkit via the links.   Tuning Linux and the Java IBM Developer Kit for Linux: developerWorks