I wrote a java-application that uses mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-
bin.jar and does well as long as Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment,
Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_15-b04) executes the bytecode. I tried
to gain some extra-speed by compiling native.

I was just looking up the source code of the jTDS driver.
It seems that it is trashing the heap with java.lang
wrapper classes, even when one is using only primitive
types in his application.

i am working on a project where users are able to submit any ammount
of large binary files.
Currently all data is stored in a MySql database, but i am uncertain
if it would be better/more efficient/faster to store the binary files

I'm busy developing a Java GUI client/server database application with
Netbeans IDE 6.0 and
Mysql to automate the data management and other tasks for my Dongo
website