RE: Anyone using jBoss?

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Tony Awbrey
> 
> I have tried it but am having some troubles getting a very large EJB
to
> deploy so more or less gave up. Also, performance *SUCKS! I have an
270
> with 2GB ram and 1000CPW and it takes eons (20 + minutes) to start. It
> performs well on small intel hardware(pentium III 866Mhz with 512 MB
ram
> running linux) so we have chosen to run it there instead and use the
400
> for data access. The 270 just doesn't have enough MHz to run JBoss,
may
> be different on newer hardware.

The 270 lacks the L2 cache to be able to run really intensive web
application serving like JBoss.  It's an unfortunate fact.  But the
tiered model has advantages (as well as disadvantages).

The problem, though, is in the amount of overhead incurred by the EJB
architecture.  It really adds a lot of cycles, as you've found.  A
design closer to traditional midrange, with a program running in batch
that only send UI requests to the browser, runs like lightning even on a
smaller machine.

Joe