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J2SE Version (please include all output from java -version flag):
 JDK1.4 b84 both Server VM and Client VM

Does this problem occur on J2SE 1.3? Yes / No (pick one)
 No

Operating System Configuration Information (be specific):
 Solaris 8

Hardware Configuration Information (be specific):
 UltraSPARC 400MHz x 1CPU
 128M RAM

Bug Description:

 JDK1.4 Hotspot Server VM shows poorer performance compared to Client
 VM using XML parsing benchmark program.

Steps to Reproduce (be specific):

Benchmark program used: SAXBench(saxbench.zip)

XML parser: Apache xerces.jar (1.4.3)

Results:
W=warm up loops before benchmarking
N=number of times to repeat. The result shows the average of N measurements.

Platform: 1 x UltraSPARC 400MHz 128MB RAM Solaris8
                       W=20/N=20 average(milisec)
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[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) ]
avg. = 3860 ms <----- Very Bad

[Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84)]
[Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84, mixed mode) ]
avg. = 574 ms

[Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24) ]
[Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode) ]
avg. = 684 ms

[Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24) ]
[Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode) ]
avg. = 445 ms
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Steps to reproduce:

unzip the attached file saxbench.zip

Run "run.bat" for Windows, "run.csh" for Solaris.
Set JAVA and JAVAOPT to appropriate values in the above script files.