RE: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Web development environment

[Nic Wise]

> What's the hardware requirements for running a JSP based web-server?  I
> assume the overheads won't be as much as for running full
> graphical/swing java apps (hope not)?

128meg is enough - and thats about the minimum you want for a server,
really. I run it on the prod server here in about 40meg of RAM - it grows a
bit, but not too badly.

> Also, even though you're main problems would be latency and bandwidth
> to your server, how responsive are servlets (and what can be done to
> increase their performance (more ram, faster cpu?)?

Unbeleivably. They are compiled to byte code, then the JIT compiler gets its
teeth into it. local-network reponse times - including DB and CORBA "delay"
are a small flicker on your screen (for my app, anyway)

you can try if you like: www.sealcorp.co.nz and  www.sew.co.nz both run on
JSP, boxes are not giga (PIII 450/384meg (140 used) and PII 400/256meg), one
is on the end of a 256K pipe (shared with the office) and the other is at
IHUG on the DUG box.

Sealcorp is a 'private' site - ie, you need a login for most of it - but you
can get the idea.

N

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