Hi Enrique,
Enrique Rodriguez wrote:
Hi, Directory developers,
I've been meaning to ask the list if anyone had been following this
topic; other articles are available if you Google:
"With VMware's help, BEA ditches the operating system" (URL may wrap)
http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid94_gci1234289,00.html
Sounds good, but will it be Open Source?
I've worked a decent amount with VMware and Xen running infrastructure
services. If not specifically any of the aforementioned vendors, then
at least this model (VM tight to the hardware) has a lot of merit;
partly for performance but mostly for management.
I also think it has a big role to play in what we're trying to do at
the Directory project. For a long time I thought JNode was the answer
here, but this "operating system-less" model is even tighter.
Why is so different between BEAs offering and JNode other than offering
the ability of the running the BEA JVM alongside partitions with full
OSes.
In spite of the BEA offering instead of eliminating the JNODE I could
see why the following three options could all still apply to ADS.
1. for a Dedicated appliance server = JNODE + ADS
2. for a Multipurpose Desktop = Native OS + JVM + ADS
3. for a Dedicated server = VMWare + BEA Liquid JVM + ADS
From our stand point, being Java based do we care which of the 3
alternatives are chosen by our users?
John
