IMHO the only good reason to move a library out from an application and place it into /common/lib (or /lib) is to get advantage of connection pooling. http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-resources-howto.html
Then, yes, if you have different database versions you might find yourself in the usual library versions nightmare.. :-) -----Original Message----- From: Diego Yasuhiko Kurisaki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 August 2007 00:35 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: 20 Tips for Using Tomcat in Production I agree, i'm not willing to pay the management overhead of putting my shared libraries to the tomcat common lib, unless my gains are very big in terms of memory consumption. I don't really think you should change for another one though, but you can make regards about the cons of that approach. Anyway, great work 5 stars. On 8/21/07, Ben Souther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: > Christopher Schultz > > I also agree with David and, uh, David, that #6 is a little dubious. > > Yes, moving shared libraries into the common/lib directory will save > > you some memory, but it creates a management headache when it comes > > to version numbers, WAR packaging, etc. Ideally, the WAR contains > > everything the webapp needs. If you rely on the servlet container to > > provide essential libraries, you are changing your deployment > > strategy significantly. > > +1 > > Starting with Servlet Spec 2.3 (I think) there has been an emphasis on > putting everything a web app needs to run into its war file. To put > include something that runs contrary to this 'best practice' in an > article of tips at this point in time doesn't sound like a good idea. > > I would seriously consider replacing that one with something else. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Diego Yasuhiko Kurisaki ---AV & Spam Filtering by M+Guardian - Risk Free Email (TM)--- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
