Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 21:18:46 +1000 From: Joe Shevland <J.Shevland@eclipsegroup.com.au> To: "'Koster, K.J.'" <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>, 'FreeBSD Java mailing list' <freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD/Java in Production Environments Message-ID: <C56487636E5CD4119B1E00D0B789098ADA299D@MEL-EXCH1>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi Kees Jan, Yes, we've been running a production web server using the 1.2.2 port for many months (maybe even 2 years?) now, and we haven't seen a problem at all. I installed Apache 1.3.x along with Tomcat 3.2.1 and the connector (well, started off with Tomcat 3.1 but had to upgrade due to some of the bugs). Also started off with JDK1.1.8 but upgraded maybe a year ago. 1.1.8 was similarly rock solid. In terms of what we use in the JDK, its mainly IO, threads, JDBC and JavaMail, maybe more but its late and I can't think. We haven't seen *one* bug related to the JDK or Tomcat for that matter that affects our JSP applications. I do tend to restart the Apache and Tomcat processes when I perform an update to the various web applications (installing a new JAR file etc), but this restart takes the better part of 5 seconds ;) As a production box also the core JavaBeans code behind it doesn't change that much. We've run a multitude of JSP apps on it, admittedly not a huge amount of traffic. The one problem that was giving me headaches was interfacing the JSP's with the Firebird database which I went with basically for the large objects support. Ended up porting everything back to Postgres 7.1 when it was released however, and I haven't had to touch the box again since, it works beautifully. The initial cost of all of the above software has been very attractive ;) In terms of support and hands-on fixes that we've had to apply, the box has only been touched when security problems have been spotted. Cheers, Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Koster, K.J. > Sent: Friday, 11 May 2001 8:15 PM > To: 'FreeBSD Java mailing list' > Subject: FreeBSD/Java in Production Environments > > > Dear All, > > I see the recent slowdown in Java porting efforts as a signal > that there are > no really horrible bugs left to squash (barring Swing/AWT stuff). > > I am interested in your experiences with FreeBSD/Java in production > environments. Is anyone using FreeBSD/Java for a production > webserver to run > for example JSP or EJB containers? > > I am particulary interested in information about reliablity and > predictability. We are looking to build a stable environment > with relatively > low volume traffic. Stability is favoured over performance > (i.e. lack of > HotSpot support is not a problem). > > Kees Jan > > ================================================ > You are only young once, > but you can stay immature all your life. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?C56487636E5CD4119B1E00D0B789098ADA299D>