[TINKERPOP-901] Option for use of Netty epoll on Linux to reduce GC pressure

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Implemented
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.2-incubating
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.0-incubating
• Component/s: server
• Assignee: Stephen Mallette
• Reporter: Stephen Mallette
• Created: 20/Oct/15 12:01
• Updated: 22/Oct/15 12:21
• Resolved: 22/Oct/15 12:21

Description

Provide an option to check if the the OS is linux and uses netty epoll based event loops which perform better than NIO based event loops.

More details at:
http://netty.io/wiki/native-transports.html