Forgive me if this has been asked and answered, but. :P
I'm trying to convince my web hoster (dreamhost.com :) to offer Java
support, but they are reluctant to do so. The problem for many in the
shared hosting biz, as I'm sure most of you know, is that if one app in
a shared Tomcat instance (for example) goes crazy, it takes the whole
server out. I'm curious if Glassfish suffers from the same problem.
Can different virtual servers be restarted independently of others, and
are they isolated enough so that the death of one doesn't negatively
affect others (beyond issues like memory and CPU utilization, which are,
largely, outside the scope of the app server, though I guess it's
conceivable that the server could enforce some sort of quota on its
virtual servers)? I do all sort of cool stuff with JSF and Glassfish at
work, but am forced to use PHP (not that there's anything wrong with
that ;) for everything I do at home due to the lack of Java hosting
that's comparable in price and features to PHP hosting. I'm hoping
Glassfish can help rectify that. :)
Thanks!
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Jason Lee, SCJP
Programmer/Analyst
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