running tomcat on freebsd

[Pat Maddox]

I've run both Tomcat and JBoss on JDK14 for a couple months now.  Been
very stable so far.



On 5/6/05, Panagiotis Astithas <past at ebs.gr> wrote:
> kings fool wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am really not trying to start a war here but would
> > like to know the experiences of others running java &
> > tomcat on freebsd vs linux.
> >
> > I have recently become a freebsd convert and am
> > convined it is superior to linux in most respects.
> > However in the past I was involved in running tomcat
> > apps on linux and there were no linux-java issues.
> >
> > I am now considering developing and running tomcat
> > apps on freebsd.  But looking at the activity on this
> > mailing list, it seems that it could be problematic
> > and time consuming, given the issues with Sun.  On
> > linux i just had to unzip the jdk, set CLASS_PATH and
> > JAVA_HOME and away I went.
> >
> > I am just wondering if it is worth the time and
> > trouble and if there are constant stability issues to
> > contend with after you get the java and tomcat ports
> > installed and runnig.  And I am guessing that
> > upgrading jvms in the future would be a nightmare.
> >
> > Does anyone have linux and freebsd java experience to
> > advise with?
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> As for upgrading, YMMV, but I've done more than a dozen jdk port
> installations and upgrades for various systems in recent years and I
> hadn't had a problem once.
> 
> As for stability issues, I've had as many jvm crashes as on my Windows
> systems. Of course when using the exeprimental/alpha/developer's-only
> jdk15 port then these should be expected, but if you don't care for it,
> why not use the time-proven jdk14 port?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Panagiotis
> 
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