Re: Does jBoss work on iSeries?

Hi Ivan,

maybe another yellow, or the final red card for me, but lets have a try:

first of all an application container like WebSphere or JBoss or Tomcat needs 
the more ressources the more features it has. So JBosss will have a smaller 
footprint than WebSphere for example and if JBoss does all I want, I would 
prefere JBoss.

second: the applicationservers mentioned above need cpu power and lots of main 
memory, best of all would be to make it all resident in main memory, then it 
really flies. This ressources are cheapest on Intel Boxes running Linux and 
most expensive on as400 running os400. They don't need a strong I/O logic, 
where as400 might be best.

third: its better for scalability and ease of use to run each server on its 
own box. I've seen some single cpu boxes with database server and application 
server on one cpu it didn't run, it crawled.

last of all: my experience with WebSphere on as400 is: its buggy, its a nice 
gag, but not ready for production. 

For your requirements maybe WebSphere might be the better choice than JBoss + 
Tomcat, but for the full Version with loadbalancing you have to run it on 
another plattform than os400 anyway (full version not supported). But in my 
experience I would prefere to run it on x-series or Linux/Intel based.

Dieter Bender



On Montag, 8. März 2004 16:08, Ivan Hurtado wrote:
> Dieter,
>
> Thanks for the response...
>
> You mentioned that "as400 with WebSphere might be not
> the best choice"... why not and what do you recommend?
>
>
> I am designing a server-side app, using Struts, JSP,
> Servlets, and most probably I will use Stateful
> Session EJB's to manage threads, sessions, and state,
> and use CMP Entity EJB's for database access. Since I
> plan to use EJB's to avoid coding system level
> functionality like connection pooling, session/state
> management, threading, etc., I would be forced to use
> a J2EE server for EJB's. That's why I was looking into
> opensource jBoss temporarily until we purchase a new
> as400 with Websphere Enterprise Server.
>
> I know I'm repeating the question, but... What would
> you recommend?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --- Dieter Bender <dieter.bender@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Ivan,
> >
> > as I mentioned in my posting before, jBoss runs on
> > as400, if the as400 meeets
> > the requirements (JVM version).
> >
> > On Montag, 8. März 2004 15:05, Ivan Hurtado wrote:
> > > I am interested in using jBoss 3.2.3 server on an
> > > iSeries, however, I recently read in Don
> >
> > Denoncourt's
> >
> > > "Java at Work" book that the opensource J2EE/EJB
> > > servers (jBoss and jONas) don't work on iSeries
> >
> > JVM's.
> >
> > >  Is this still true?
> >
> > that wasn't true for any relase of as400 since it
> > has a jvm implementation.
> >
> > > My plan is to create an initial prototype/proof of
> > > concept using the free jBoss, and then our shop
> >
> > will
> >
> > > purchase a newer as400 with Webshere Enterprise.
> >
> > If your application is J2EE compliant, it will work
> > on any container, but in
> > my opinion as400 with WebSphere might be not the
> > best choice.
> >
> > > So my
> > > second concern is... I have heard that the
> >
> > components
> >
> > > created by using jBoss IDE do work when dropped
> >
> > into a
> >
> > > normal Websphere deployment. Is this also true?
> >
> > The deployment descriptors might differ a little
> > bit, depending on container
> > and release.
> >
> > Dieter Bender
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ivan
> > >
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