Re: netbeans & tomcat

[Brian Leathem <bleathem@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Sam Shirah wrote:
>     Hi Brian,
>
>     Well, there have always been good reasons to run your app/web server on
> a separate box, even if you were using WebSphere.
>   

That's interesting; I would have thought you would get better 
performance if the appserver and the database are as close to one 
another as possible.  Does this just have to do with machine sizing?

>     On the upside for the '400, on my current project ( Glassfish running
> against AS/400 database, ) I'm using some of the SQL 2003 capabilitiess DB2
> supports, as well as UTF-8 in anticipation of some other languages coming
> in.
>   

My current long term plan is to replace our single i (a 525) with a pair 
of smaller i's configured for high availability, when our lease is up.  
I would then run Glassfish on Linux againt DB2 on these i's.  We'll see 
if the plan still has traction a few years down the road.

>     The project involves product costing against bills of material with 
> effective date prices, UOM conversions, and a slew of challenges, but fun. 
> Even better, the client was using Access and Excel, and now they're getting 
> revved about Java and the AS/400.  Not to mention that they will have a 
> coherent pricing model...
>   

Java on the i is great.  I just wish IBM had a pricing model that 
favored Java development in smaller shops.  The price of IBM portal for 
instance is completely beyond our reach.

>     So, do you do the scientific stuff on the AS/400 as well, or is that on
> other boxes/languages?  

We do the administration of our research site on the i.  Things like 
accounting, hr, purchasing, etc.  We also deal with the management of 
our scientific program in terms of shceduling/co-odinating the 
facility.  This gets a little fun with a world-wide user base.  All 
scientific analysis is done using Linux machines, and their's some older 
VMS machines on site that still run the cyclotron itself.

> If this gets boring to others on list, we can move elsewhere or quit.
>   

Nothing wrong with a little community building is there?  :P

Brian