Re: Tomcat on the AS/400

["David Morris" <dmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glen,

Tomcat works great on the iSeries. IBM even uses it to support the Apache 
configuration application. The best guide I know of on setup is available 
here:

http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mc/article.cfm?titleid=b1656&md=200012 

That link could go away at any time so I would bring down a local copy. That 
article talks about unzipping on the iSeries, I would just copy to a mapped 
drive. 
Also, you can set the memory size larger for better performance.  That is set 
on 
the java command. I think mine is set to 64M, but I am not at my system to 
check. 

I have been using Tomcat with Struts and Cocoon, which seems to cover most 
of my needs. Compared to WebSphere, it won't scale up to the multi-system 
level. Also no EJB support, although there are other options. For a small to 
mid-sized installation it performs pretty well.  Definitely better than 
WebSphere 
on a small system. 

David Morris

>>> gholmer@weycogroup.com 08/08/01 09:12AM >>>
We have successfully deployed a web site on a Linux server running
Apache and Tomcat (that accesses AS/400 data using JDBC), and now
want to upgrade our intranet site (hosted on an AS/400) to include
some servlets and JSPs.

My experiences with WebSphere have not been entirely positive; what
is the current start of the art w.r.t. running Apache and Tomcat on
the AS/400?  Can someone post pointers to information on this?

Also, could someone post a link to how to switch JVMs from 1.1.8 to
1.2 (we're at V4R5 on one box and V4R4 on the other)?  Is 1.3
supported on either of those operating systems?

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Glenn Holmer                          gholmer@weycogroup.com 
Programmer/Analyst                       phone: 414.908.1809
Weyco Group, Inc.                          fax: 414.908.1601


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