From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 02:32:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E04116A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 02:32:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ulysses.noc.ntua.gr (ulysses.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.222.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2808243FBD for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 02:32:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Received: from ajax.noc.ntua.gr (ajax.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.220.1]) by ulysses.noc.ntua.gr (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB3AWLLI023556; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:32:21 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Received: from hal.noc.ntua.gr (hal.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.220.45]) by ajax.noc.ntua.gr (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB3AWKBR097011; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:32:21 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) From: Panagiotis Astithas Organization: NTUA/NMC To: Brian Behlendorf , java@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:32:20 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20031202130629.U56021@fez.hyperreal.org> In-Reply-To: <20031202130629.U56021@fez.hyperreal.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312031232.20483.past@noc.ntua.gr> Subject: Re: Running server-side Java on FreeBSD in production environments X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:32:26 -0000 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