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<P><FONT SIZE=2>(oops, send direct, not to list...)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Okay, more info...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Hopefully the events they are monitoring are exposed by the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> JVM's core API (you haven't told us if the agents or the server</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> was being targeted by Java). Java abstracts a lot of the machine </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (both a benefit and a drawback, depending on what you're doing).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Well, yes and no... It will be used to monitor Operating Systems (*NIX, WIN32), Databases (Oracle, DB2), and Applications (OraApps, PeopleSoft).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Some bits will be visible from Java, some won't.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The current plan is a core of Java, with Java, C, C++, or other "plug-ins" to do the stuff that can't be done in Java.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Of course, some of the plug-ins will have to be separate processes, as who wants a setuid or setgid JVM to be able to erad /dev/kmem!</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>Cheers,</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2>Gary B-)</FONT>
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