Well, Tomcat obviously has potential but I'm interested in the here and now. All of the benchmarks that I've seen thus far have shown TC4 to be vastly inferior (by a factor of 10) compared to the commercial servlet engines. Of course, these benches were published BY those vendors, so I take them with a grain of salt, but I haven't seen any benches from the TC group, so I have nothing to compare. Speed issues along with the horrific documentation and poor functionality of mod_webapp (or poor documentation/difficulty of configuring mod_jk) make me very apprehensive of starting project with TC4/mod_webapp at the core.
I was hoping someone in this forum could convince me otherwise, but I haven't seen anything encouraging thus far, mostly folks saying "wait a bit and it'll be great." I've got a project NOW and I can't afford to wait. J. Eric Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Kemp Randy-W18971 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mod_webapp/Tomcat4 ready for production level stuff? Now the question should be: does Tomcat 4 have the potential to be ready for primetime? The answer to that is yes, and it may take a few maintenance releases of mod_webapp and Tomcat 4x to get there. Right now, the architecture is much better (in my opinion) then Tomcat 3.x and you can find some good articles on the web on creating applications. And Resin is a great product. I used it in development. And Jboss is a good EJB server. Some people are using it now with Tomcat, and others take a "wait and see" as the releases continue to improve. The real test is to try Tomcat, Resin, and Weblogic in your environment, and see how each handles the job. Now Postgresql is a great database, but mysql is much better with release 4x. Again, you can run both and see how they hold up. -----Original Message----- From: J. Eric Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mod_webapp/Tomcat4 ready for production level stuff? Greetings, I'm getting ready to put specs together on a load balanced cluster designed around open source software, and the time has come to decide what JSP/Servlet engine we're going to use. Up until this point we've used Weblogic for industrial strength web app development and we've been very happy with everything but the price ($10k per cluster node). Now we've got a client who wants to demonstrate open source and at the same time try and keep all the software "free" as possible. We've selected PostgreSQL as our backend database, and we're using Apache 1.3.22 on Linux with the latest stable kernel. So, to the point: is Tomcat4 ready to play with the big boys? Granted, we're not expecting all the bells and whistles of Weblogic (or speed, for that matter), but what about stability and ease of use? I've downloaded Tomcat4 and installed it, along with the bastard child called mod_webapp, which I have never gotten to work properly. I've read an awful lot of horror stories in this forum that really make me think that Tomcat4 is not ready to take this mantle. The documentation is attrocious. Can I really trust a business app (albeit a small one) to this? I've been looking at non-freeware alternatives like Resin, and the polish shows. Resin's install is flawless, the documentation is rich and complete, and unlike mod_webapp, it works without having to sacrifice any small furry animals or limb detaching. I'm a Systems Engineering guy, not a programmer, so I don't have time to figure out the intricacies and pitfalls that Tomcat4 seems to want me to go through. To me, Java is something that the "other guys down the hall" program on. I'm just responsible for picking the hardware, OS, the app environment, and then making it all run happily together. The Java guys simply don't care what engine I use, so somebody out there speak up: is Tomcat4 ready for prime time production? If not, how soon? And if not soon, what about alternatives that are either free or available for under $2000 per node? Many thanks to all. J. Eric Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
