BellSoft, the OpenJDK vendor that delivers the most complete Java
experience, announced the release of Alpaquita containers with
Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) support, rounding up your Java journey
with an end-to-end CRaC solution.
Java
adaptation to the cloud environment comes with challenges, and the so-called
"slow Java startup and warmup" is the one well-known. It can be
described as a process that takes both time and memory for the traditional JVM
to reach its exceptional peak performance in modern applications, resulting in
higher costs and slower performance.
The
Java community was looking for a solution to solve all the issues of slow
startup at once: to decrease time-to-performance, resources-to-performance and
startup cost. The Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) Project is the most
current promising answer.
"Plug-and-play"
CRaC experience with Alpaquita Containers
BellSoft's
Alpaquita containers are available for JDK 17 and 21 and x86_64 architecture,
with ARM support coming later in 2024. What is inside of them?
- Liberica JDK
17 or 21, an OpenJDK distribution recommended by Spring, with CRaC API support,
- Alpaquita
Linux, a lightweight Alpine-inspired distribution offering musl or glibc, with
an OpenJDK CRaC package.
"Alpaquita
containers are made for Java applications in the cloud, strengthened with CRaC
support; they help mitigate the problem of slow startup and warmup," said
Alex Belokrlykov, BellSoft's CEO. "Use Alpaquita containers with CRaC for
your Spring application for an outstanding performance. The Alpaquita container
with CRaC support adds to the group of BellSoft's products to make your Java
journey complete, smooth, sustainable, and cloud-native".
"Liberica
JDK provides a crucial value for the community, providing a one-stop shop for a
modern, tested OpenJDK distribution that supports GraalVM native images, or
CRaC capable instant-on application workloads." - Josh Long, Spring
Developer Advocate.
Get
your Alpaquita container with CRaR here to benefit your Java development immediately.