RE: [cobalt-users] RAQ4R Tomcat version, PKG

["Erica Douglass" <erica@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd Kirk
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 11:10 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] RAQ4R Tomcat version, PKG


> >What version and where should I be looking to install Tomcat on my
> >RAQ4R. I only have the need for one particular client on 
> their own IP to
> >make use of it with a java servlet for e-comm application. 

> take a look at ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/developer/Java/i386/
> ... for the RaQ4 you need:
>     JRE-1.2.2-1.i386.pkg
>     RaQ4-Java-DevKit-1.3a.pkg
>     RaQ4-Java-Update-1.0.pkg

Oops forgot to ask what sort of load or any issues I should be aware of
putting Tomcat on a RAQ4R.
 
regards,
Todd

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Todd,

Make SURE you have 512MB RAM when loading Tomcat on a server. We've had
RaQ4 servers crash hard and refuse to boot before with only 256MB RAM
when they were running Tomcat. I cannot stress this enough!!!

You also may run into problems where you have to set up a cron job to
restart Apache once a day because Tomcat hangs -- I reported this to the
developers personally and was told it was a "known bug." I'm not sure if
it ever got fixed.

Of course, if you want to run anything more than the most basic JSP
files, you're really going to need a more powerful server. I've watched
a RaQ4 compile JSP files for 2-3 minutes at 100% CPU. PHP runs great on
the 4s, but Java murders them. After my experiences with the 550 and its
outdated software, I can't say I recommend those, but a standard 1GHz+
box with >512MB of RAM and another control panel should run JSP/Tomcat
just fine.

Erica Douglass
Lead Web Developer
Simpli, Inc.