Re: [JDBC] PostgreSQL->JDBC->Tomcat->Apache resource uses

Chad,

May I know the problems you had with Tomcat. We have been using Tomcat
for a production site since September 2000 with no problems.

Thanks,
Jayesh

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chad R. Larson [SMTP:clarson@eldocomp.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:41 PM
> To:	nickf@ontko.com; Psql-Jdbc; pgsql-admin
> Subject:	Re: [JDBC] [ADMIN] PostgreSQL->JDBC->Tomcat->Apache
> resource uses
> 
> At 02:55 PM 11/13/01 -0500, Nick Fankhauser wrote:
> >And finally, if anyone else is running
> PostgreSQL->JDBC->Tomcat->Apache, 
> >I'm curious about your hardware configuration & experiences with it.
> Any 
> >mistakes that you can help me avoid?
> 
> We're doing exactly the same thing, except substitute Macromedia's
> JRun for 
> Tomcat.  The Apache web server is running on its own box, for
> security's sake.
> I believe any machine exposed to the great unwashed Internet ought to
> be 
> considered potentially compromised and hostile.  It's in it's own 
> firewalled DMZ.
> 
> The web server is an Intel Pentium ATX motherboard in a 1U chassis
> running 
> FreeBSD 4.3.  The Apache was built to include mod_ssl to support
> secure 
> connections.  The JRun and PostgreSQL are running on a 4 CPU Sun E3500
> 
> under Solaris 2.6.
> 
> We had issues with Tomcat when we evaluated it, hence the JRun.
> Tomcat may 
> be fixed by now, and we may revisit that issue when the JRun license
> is up 
> for renewal.  I also see no reason other than management skittishness
> that 
> we couldn't run the backend on something like a 4 CPU 800MHz Xeon Dell
> 
> server and FreeBSD.  We've had fewer problems with the FreeBSD than
> with 
> Solaris.
> 
> 
>          -crl
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> Chad R. Larson (CRL22)    chad@eldocomp.com
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