[Geoserver-users] Ubuntu Install: Request for opinions on Binary vs. War

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Now that we have had GeoServer running on a Windows development machine for
several months, we are going to setup another server running on Ubuntu. I'm
trying to evaluate the merits of the binary package vs. the War-file
installation methods.

I am interested in people's opinions/experience, particularly in the areas
of:
- stability
- speed
- ease of updating

Tyler
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I forgot to mention that for 'ease of updating', we plan on using plugins
(such as the ArcSDE datastore).

Tyler Erickson wrote:

Now that we have had GeoServer running on a Windows development machine
for several months, we are going to setup another server running on
Ubuntu. I'm trying to evaluate the merits of the binary package vs. the
War-file installation methods.

I am interested in people's opinions/experience, particularly in the areas
of:
- stability
- speed
- ease of updating

Tyler

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Hey Tyler,

Our benchmarks have shown that running the war install with tomcat 6
(with fast i/o / apr) installed is a bit faster then running the binary
install with jetty out of the box, but not too significantly. The
important thing for speed is making sure you use java 6.

As for stability, my impression has been that people typically use
tomcat for larger "production" deployments.

As for ease of updating... I dont see one gain over the other.

Also, one thing that may be of interest to you (not sure if you have
already seen it):

http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOSDOC/4+GeoServer+in+Production+Environment

Tyler Erickson wrote:

Now that we have had GeoServer running on a Windows development machine for
several months, we are going to setup another server running on Ubuntu. I'm
trying to evaluate the merits of the binary package vs. the War-file
installation methods.

I am interested in people's opinions/experience, particularly in the areas
of:
- stability
- speed
- ease of updating

Tyler

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Tyler Erickson ha scritto:

I forgot to mention that for 'ease of updating', we plan on using plugins
(such as the ArcSDE datastore).

Well, the binary version has GeoServer unpacked, so adding plugins is as
easy as copying a file.

As for the tomcat version, this is a little trickier if you use the .war. The was is usually (but now always) unpacked by Tomcat automatically, and adding the file in the unpacked version is easy.
The trouble is that when you update the war the unpacked version
gets wiped out, so you have to reinstall the extension.
A simpler way is to unpack the war by yourself and give Tomcat the
unpacked version directly... a war file is really no more than a zip file. This way you don't have to fiddle with tomcat settings.

Oh, about tomcat settings, the tomcat that comes along with ubuntu
is pretty much locked down, GeoServer won't start at all in that
environment. The "Geoserver in production environment" links to a
blog that describes in detail how to perform an ubuntu install.

Hope this helps
Cheers
Andrea