That's good to know! its just a matter of convincing my sys-admin :/ You wouldn't know where I could find a site or some documentation on any pros/cons of the latest versions of tomcat and java? This guy is a tough nut to crack and some of the API's available in the later versions are worth using now...
Thanks for your help! -----Original Message----- From: Walter Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2002 2:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: java and tomcat stability Sounds like a good setup. I don't see why you would have any problems with an Apache / Tomcat / MySQL install. ---- Brendan Spinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our servers are load balanced behind a cisco local director. > > As far as server load is concerned we are approximately 1.4 load average > across the machines in question at peak operating times. > > Search Database wise we are using FAST, and postgresql 6.5.2 otherwise > (upgrading to MySQL 3.23.51) > > We will also be upgrading to Solaris 8 across the board in the next > few > months. The live production servers are actually already there but > the dev > ones are not. This is where we will be deploying the new environment > for > testing etc. (also looking into struts as a framework) > > Sorry about the OS detail, I was only just told myself :) > > brendan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2002 2:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: java and tomcat stability > > No, the updated JDK and Tomcat probably wouldn't be stable on Solaris > 2.6. (From my own experience, please keep the flames to a minimum.) > Upgrading > Solaris would help that. > > What kind of server load are you looking at? Are your current machines > clustered? What kind of database are you running on top of? > > Walt > > > > > > > > > -- > Walter Meyer > http://www.ThatWaltGuy.com - web > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email > (303) 949-8369 - cell > > > > ---- Brendan Spinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there > > > > We are looking at upgrading our extremely outdated systems within > my > > workplace. The initial upgrade is to include a later version of java > > and > > implementing tomcat as the production web container. The problem > is > > there > > are issues with the sys-admins not wanting to support j2se 1.4 or > tomcat > > 4. > > The production servers are currently running SunOS 5.6 (Solaris 2.6) > > and the > > senior sys-admin states that both tomcat 4 and java 1.4 are not stable > > enough to be put into production. We also have severe budget constraints. > > I > > was wondering what information I could get on a stable environment > > to put > > into production and any further discussions on this topic... > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Regards > > Brendan Spinks > > > > > =========================================================================== > > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST > > DIGEST". > > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > > http://www.jspinsider.com > > > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST > DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST > DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
