RE: project manager - Orion
Denis: One could argue what server is better from now to doomsday, and nothing will ever get done. I say pick some of the top canidates, such as Weblogic, Orion and Jboss (A good mix, in that you have the best high priced server, low priced server, and open source server), set then up with identical applications on different servers, stress test them with some tools (like jmeter, etc.), and see how they hold up. If indeed your tests prove the low priced or open source do the job just as well, then the arguement is in the dog and poney show. I have watched people agruing over which language is better: Perl or Python (and nothing is ever solved)? You never get anywhere, and what you are conducting above is a software feasibable study, and you write up your findings in a report to management, stressing the pros and cons of each server, along with your final recommendation. Randy -Original Message- From: denis despinoy To: Orion-Interest Sent: 2/13/01 4:02 PM Subject: project manager - Orion Hi Guys, I've been exploring the appservers for some time now and it is high time we selected the appserver for our project. I'm contemplating the usual big one i.e. weblogic, dynamo ...and Orion. Any pointers to how Orion would and perform in a production environmnet to further argue and support the decision making of selecting Orion as main appserver ? All your input are welcome ! thanks denis __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: project manager - Orion
I have been using Dynamo Application Server for over 6 months now and it is quite a nice app server for a programmer with not much app server experience. Although it is quite restricted when it comes to development. You have to restart the app server with every change of a class file except jsp of course. Orion on the other hand does not require this which will save development time hugely. Also licensing issues are a pain in the butt. We had problems with development licenses with Dynamo, Orion is absolutely no problem. Orion is an excellent server although does fall down with documentation. This list is one of the best sources of information and most answers can be found here. I have found that with Dynamo some small bugs exist with servlet specifications and work arounds are required. (In other words, don't expect a new release of Dynamo for these bugs as they won't happent). Orion on the other hand will release updates frequently and are usually quite up to date with the latest specs. I have not had much experience with Weblogic. My recommendation would be to look at Orion in more detail and see how well it suits your needs. You will find it initially harder to use but you will understand the application server that much better. Hi Guys, I've been exploring the appservers for some time now and it is high time we selected the appserver for our project. I'm contemplating the usual big one i.e. weblogic, dynamo ...and Orion. Any pointers to how Orion would and perform in a production environmnet to further argue and support the decision making of selecting Orion as main appserver ? All your input are welcome ! thanks denis __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
