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Date:      Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:32:20 +0200
From:      Panagiotis Astithas <past@noc.ntua.gr>
To:        Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org>, java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Running server-side Java on FreeBSD in production environments
Message-ID:  <200312031232.20483.past@noc.ntua.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20031202130629.U56021@fez.hyperreal.org>
References:  <20031202130629.U56021@fez.hyperreal.org>

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On Tuesday 02 December 2003 23:12, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
> So, I've seen a few mentions here of folks using Java server apps on
> FreeBSD in production.  I've been very happy to watch the progress by the
> Java team on the native JDKs from the sidelines, as well as the
> improvements to libc_r and such that have been MFC'd, but I'm curious as
> to whether the consensus on this list is that it's ready to be used for
> production.  Anyone want to share good success or horror stories?  We're
> trying to determine whether the apache.org box can start to run our own
> software.  :)  Speed is definitely less important than proper functioning.
>
> 	Brian

I have deployed three servlet-based apps using tomcat & velocity in a 
farm-like environment and have never experienced any problems. The 
applications require jdk 1.4, so I have followed that path all along, mainly 
in -stable machines (and -current for compiling/testing before deployment). 

Cheers,
-- 
Panagiotis Astithas
Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD
Network Management Center
National Technical University of Athens, Greece



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