Is Java Suitable?

[Nikman]

I am trying to write an application which has to download files from two server
at an interval of one minute and 5 minutes respectively.These files are available
for download using http download at one site and ftp download at another
site .After downloading these files, data is to be extracted from these files
and entered into a database server .It has to generate three text files also
which will be used by a ticker applet to display data on the website.
This application is running on a different server and the generated files
will be uploaded to he webserver as soon as they are generated.
Now my question is :-

Is java a suitable language in terms of efficiency and throughput for this
application?

My problem is that i do know VC++ and C++ but i am not very comfortable with
these languages and would like to avoid using them if the efficiency of java
application is feasible. Please advice .
Thanx in advance.

[MarkN]

It shouldn't be any problem. I would advise against using older slower computers.
You will have to test to find bottlenecks. BTW, Java is being used by Wall
Street Companies and they need excellent throughput.

Mark

"Nikman" <nikunjsingh@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>I am trying to write an application which has to download files from two
server
>at an interval of one minute and 5 minutes respectively.These files are
available
>for download using http download at one site and ftp download at another
>site .After downloading these files, data is to be extracted from these
files
>and entered into a database server .It has to generate three text files
also
>which will be used by a ticker applet to display data on the website.
>This application is running on a different server and the generated files
>will be uploaded to he webserver as soon as they are generated.
>Now my question is :-
>
>Is java a suitable language in terms of efficiency and throughput for this
>application?
>
>My problem is that i do know VC++ and C++ but i am not very comfortable
with
>these languages and would like to avoid using them if the efficiency of
java
>application is feasible. Please advice .
>Thanx in advance.
>

[Nikman]

hi,
Thanx for your reply. What do u mean by older computers ? .My server's configuration
is Dual processor Intel Server , 1 GB Ram, 20 GB hdd etc. This is the configuration
of the server where this service is going to run. Is this configuration ok?.
Please advice.
Thanx again.

[markn]

A lot of people don't keep their hardware up to date(i.e. P2 64mb) and don't
understand why software is slow.

I would think that your configuration would be fine. But you will not know
until you test. It would be that way with any configuration. The advantage
of Java is that if you run into performance problems - present or future
- you can solve them by moving to another platform (Unix, AS400, Mainframe)
with minimal effort.

Mark

"Nikman" <nikunjsingh@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>hi,
>Thanx for your reply. What do u mean by older computers ? .My server's configuration
>is Dual processor Intel Server , 1 GB Ram, 20 GB hdd etc. This is the configuration
>of the server where this service is going to run. Is this configuration
ok?.
>Please advice.
>Thanx again.