Azul Platform Prime (Zing) Reviews & Product Details

Zing comes in two parts; the Zing Virtual Machine, (ZVM, which is a Java Virtual Machine) and Zing Service Tools (ZST) which is software installed on Linux along with their kernel module that does memory management. As a Systems Engineer I find managing Zing in an enterprise environment very easy.

Upgrading is simple. A ZST upgrade is not needed for every ZVM upgrade - multiple versions of the ZVM can run on the same ZST. ZSTs are packaged in RPMs, so all we do is "yum update" and "reboot".

Planning/Sizing for Zing on hardware is a little different, but still straight forward. When the zing kernel module starts it immediately takes a chunk of RAM, an all ZVM memory allocation is done inside there. There is no risk of other operating system processes depriving Zing Java of heap space, as it's already taken by the kernel module.

Licensing can either be done by a centralised server for all ZVMs to "dial home" to, or a static license file can be stored on the servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Early versions (years ago) of ZST didn't upgrade cleanly, we often had to double check that kernel modules were removed from the module tree correctly. However the more recent versions do not have this problem and our management of ZST is a lot smoother now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I install zing, use from application, I do not have to worry about my JVM, GC again, ever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Really, nothing. Everything is super! I do not have anything bad to say about Zing. Saved my life! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing that we have experienced with zing is the decreased latency and ability to fine tune java virtual machine and its garbage collection process so as to be able to reduce latency in the application and thereby improve application performance as well. Its in memory cache is something that also helps the process of reducing latency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The one area where there could be improvement is when the java virtual machine is first started, there is inherent latency and delay to bring the system up and running and this is something zine should be able to improve upon to make this experience even better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zing helps in efficient GC. This would help in the efficient memory management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

little cache overhead. Cache is occupied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a great and compatible and compliant service with the Java SE specification. It breaks and opens all the Java scale barriers and makes a multitude improvement. It has an overhead, fine grained visibility tool that helps you to find problems and accelerate resolution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Till now I have not found any issues with this product. It is a good software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Azul made a very sensible design decision by tightly integrating the memory management of the Zing JVM with the operating system. This allows the JVM to better leverage OS-level memory management features which can be seen in the low latency performance of Zing's C4 garbage collector.

I've found the setup tools which accompany Zing very useful in suggesting which OS properties to tune in order to get the best JVM performance. Zing's online documentation is very detailed and easy to navigate.

Zing's GC performance is impressive and I found GC pauses were measurably lower in the applications I have run on this VM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've found nothing to dislike about Zing. The VM gives predictable and low latency. The only price you pay for this is that you must use a Linux kernel that is supported by the Zing memory management subsystem which may not be the latest non-stock kernel. If you are running Zing in production this is unlikely to be an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Zing runtime allows us to run smooth, hiccup free Java applications without the need for ongoing tuning of the garbage collection algorithm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is some additional overhead required, and it can be difficult to resize applications or add entirely new ones without having to completely restart the memory manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zing uses minimal RAM or server. I used it on my Ubuntu server. The performance is better than Oracle JVM. Resource management is also good with Zing, so CPU utilization is lower than others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In Zing, there should be a GUI panel where we can see JVM status and monitor server status. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zing is basically a drop-in replacement for the oracle JVM. No code changes required, and the configuration is simplified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The licensing was a bit difficult to get working correctly in a containerized environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zing is a great JVM. Minimise GC and maximise JVM heap. Technical support is great! One of the best in the market both in terms of quality and response time. We also had a dedicated Azul engineer to assist us with the setup and during major incidents involving Zing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't think there is something to dislike. I would try to improve the Zing Vision monitoring tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.