Volano scores are down 35% for merlin vs. ladybird on RH6.2. This bug is isolated to RH6.2. Other platforms (winNT, solaris, RH7.x) do not show a similar regression.

% uname -a
Linux screen 2.2.14-5.0 #1 SMP Tue Mar 7 21:07:39 EST 2000 i686 unknown

% /export/java/jdk1.3.1/bin/java -version
java version "1.3.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode)

% /export/java/jdk1.3.1/bin/java -server -Xms128m -Xmx128m COM.volano.Main &
VolanoChat(TM) Server Version 2.1.2
Copyright (C) 1996-1999 Volano LLC. All rights reserved.
Loading server properties from /export/refWorkload/benchmarks/volanomark/propert
ies.txt.
localhost (127.0.0.1) VolanoChatPro - unlimited connections.
% /export/java/jdk1.3.1/bin/java -server -Xms128m -Xmx128m COM.volano.Mark -rooms 20 -count 100

VolanoMark version = 2.1.2
Messages sent = 40000
Messages received = 760000
Total messages = 800000
Elapsed time = 181.818 seconds
Average throughput = 4400 messages per second

% /export/java/j2sdk1.4.0/bin/java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84, mixed mode)

% /export/java/j2sdk1.4.0/bin/java -server -Xms128m -Xmx128m COM.volano.Main &
VolanoChat(TM) Server Version 2.1.2
Copyright (C) 1996-1999 Volano LLC. All rights reserved.
Loading server properties from /export/refWorkload/benchmarks/volanomark/properties.txt.
localhost (127.0.0.1) VolanoChatPro - unlimited connections.
% /export/java/j2sdk1.4.0/bin/java -server -Xms128m -Xmx128m COM.volano.Mark -rooms 20 -count 100
VolanoMark version = 2.1.2
Messages sent = 40000
Messages received = 760000
Total messages = 800000
Elapsed time = 283.889 seconds
Average throughput = 2818 messages per second