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What platforms, Java versions and technologies are supported?

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Profiling is supported on the following platforms:

  • Windows, 32-bit Java (x86) and 64-bit Java (x86-64):

    • Windows XP
    • Windows Server 2003
    • Windows Vista
    • Windows Server 2008
    • Windows 7
    • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Linux, 32-bit Java (x86) and 64-bit Java (x86-64)
  • Mac OS X 10.4 and newer, Intel, 32-bit and 64-bit Java
  • Solaris SPARC, 32-bit and 64-bit Java
  • Solaris 10 x86, 32-bit and 64-bit Java
  • FreeBSD 7 and newer, i386 and amd64 (aka x86-64) with Diablo Caffe JDK 1.6.0-7
  • HP-UX IA64, 32-bit and 64-bit Java
  • AIX, 32-bit Java (ppc) and 64-bit Java (ppc64)

Supported Java technologies:

The following kinds of Java applications can be profiled:

  • J2SE
  • J2EE
  • Applets
Profiling can be done locally (profiler and profiled application run on the same machine) or remotely (profiled application runs on another computer accessible via network).

Supported Java versions:

Java 1.4.2
Sun
Java 5
Sun, IBM, JRockit
Java 6
Sun, IBM, JRockit
Java 7
YourKit Java Profiler 7.5 Yes Limited (*) Limited (*), Sun/JRockit only -
YourKit Java Profiler 8.0 - Yes Limited (*) -
YourKit Java Profiler 9.5 - - Yes Limited (*)
YourKit Java Profiler 10 - - Yes Yes

Limited: this profiler version is known to work with contemporary builds/updates of this Java version, but may be incompatible with its newer Java builds/updates. If the newest builds/updates of that Java version do not work with this profiler version anymore, use a newer profiler version which supports them.

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