Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On Oct 18, 2007, at 1:10 AM, Mattias Jiderhamn wrote: Btw, here is a more recent "comparison" on the same blog: http:// raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/comparing_open_source_application_servers Still just a single thread though, so still not a performance comparison. (And this time the author hi

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-18 Thread Mattias Jiderhamn
Jan: >> Exactly my thought. I don't see any information about the number of >> concurrent threads, so unless this is implicit by some means out of my >> knowledge, this measures only a single request. Doesn't say much about >> how an appserver performs in a live environment. Most comparisons I've >

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-18 Thread Jan Kriesten
hi, > Exactly my thought. I don't see any information about the number of > concurrent threads, so unless this is implicit by some means out of my > knowledge, this measures only a single request. Doesn't say much about > how an appserver performs in a live environment. Most comparisons I've > se

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-17 Thread Mattias Jiderhamn
Scott: > On Oct 17, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Jan Kriesten wrote: > >> a recent comparison between resin 3.0.9 and tomcat 5.5.3 can be >> found here: >> http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/resin_slower_than_tomcat_fails >> >> on this comparison maybe scott could comment? >> > > It's not a useful be

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-17 Thread Gary Zhu
Hari, Would you be able to run the performance test again, on Resin and Tomcat ? That way, you can charge your client company more time for 'evaluating' the products, and the results of the tests would be an asset for your client company management to make them look smarter (justification of you

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-17 Thread Yong Bakos
We're listening to your feedback regarding documentation, and are in the process of improving it across the board, starting with Hessian. On Oct 17, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Jan Kriesten wrote: hi hari, i have been using resin since early version 2 and haven't regret it. there are some cases whi

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
On Oct 17, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Jan Kriesten wrote: > > a recent comparison between resin 3.0.9 and tomcat 5.5.3 can be > found here: > http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/resin_slower_than_tomcat_fails > > on this comparison maybe scott could comment? It's not a useful benchmark. It measures star

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-17 Thread Jan Kriesten
hi hari, i have been using resin since early version 2 and haven't regret it. there are some cases which i'd say are compelling reasons to use it over tomcat, where you already brought up some yourself: > To close, I should say that I personally love resin - its elegance, > configuration simpli

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-17 Thread Bill Au
I have also heard that Tomcat's performance has been improved. Has anyone actually done a head-to-head performance comparison between the latest version of Resin and Tomcat? I had wanted to do one but have not been able to find the time. If I ever get around to do so, I will post my findings her

Re: [Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-16 Thread Scott Ferguson
On Oct 16, 2007, at 3:47 PM, Hari Selvarajan wrote: > To close, I should say that I personally love resin - its elegance, > configuration simplicity and developer-friendliness. That's a compelling reason right there. Developer time isn't free unless you're volunteering your own time. For a t

[Resin-interest] Compelling reasons to use Resin?

2007-10-16 Thread Hari Selvarajan
Greetings, I've been a Resin advocate for several years now. When I first did a performance comparison between Resin 2 and Tomcat, Resin's performance simply blew me away. Like many other people on this list, I imagine I switched entirely to recommending resin as the application server for all