Conrad Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 Hi, I'm looking for advise on what distro to use on a number of VM's that would only need the basics plus MySQL, 64bit JVM to run a Java heavy web application using tomcat. Any advise appreciated. Conrad
powdarrmonkey Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 Obviously I'm biased, but I can get a functional Debian environment into a 128Mb of memory, so that leaves plenty of room for your application.
ahuxham Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 Obviously I'm biased, but I can get a functional Debian environment into a 128Mb of memory, so that leaves plenty of room for your application. Another vote for Debian, stability and maturity trumps all, as well as the best package management system.
Guest Guest Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 Ubuntu Jeos (Just enough OS). You can guess what its for from the name
pete Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 Another vote for Debian. I got fed up of Ubuntu packagers setting idiotic dependencies. 1
powdarrmonkey Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 I got fed up of Ubuntu packagers setting idiotic dependencies. It's not just dependencies. They do some really weird things sometimes... (comparing the deltas between their packages and ours is always good for a laugh.)
localzuk Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 I generally use Ubuntu Server LTS for my server installs - relatively long-term support, stable etc... And a massive community. Never had any issues.
computer_expert Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 Debian here as well. I've got an old dell laptop with a low amount of ram and ubuntu stuggled whereas debian ran fine
Ric_ Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 +1 for Debian... use it whenever I need to use Linux - servers and desktops!
benaus Posted March 4, 2010 Posted March 4, 2010 (edited) +1 debian. My webserver runs debian x64 and after 1 day of light usage its using 90mb or ram. What VM type are you using? For linux only vms have a look at openvz. Edited March 4, 2010 by benaus
Guest Guest Posted March 4, 2010 Posted March 4, 2010 It's not just dependencies. They do some really weird things sometimes... (comparing the deltas between their packages and ours is always good for a laugh.) What do you mean? Do you have an example? I usually use debian over ubuntu anyway but sometimes i do use ubuntu so owuld be interested to know if it may be a bad idea.
Conrad Posted March 5, 2010 Author Posted March 5, 2010 Cheers guys, having a play with debian using the net install iso
ahuxham Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 Cheers guys, having a play with debian using the net install iso Well done, excellent choice, any issues let us know, were here to help, and Powdarr being a debian package maintainer probably knows exactly whats needed.
Conrad Posted March 8, 2010 Author Posted March 8, 2010 Hello again, I have pretty much got what I need now just having a bit of a problem finding working install instructions for sun's 64 bit java.
ahuxham Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Hello again, I have pretty much got what I need now just having a bit of a problem finding working install instructions for sun's 64 bit java. Surely just download the .bin file for 64-bit, than chmod a+x and ./filename.bin and run it?
powdarrmonkey Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Surely just download the .bin file for 64-bit, than chmod a+x and ./filename.bin and run it? Easier, it's in the non-free repositories (Debian FTW). You need to add non-free to your APT sources.list: example only - http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free and then install sun-java6-jre. 1
Conrad Posted March 8, 2010 Author Posted March 8, 2010 Cheers folks, the apt-get method worked a treat
Conrad Posted March 9, 2010 Author Posted March 9, 2010 Only issue i'm getting now is I can't find where the 64 bit jvm has installed
ahuxham Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Only issue i'm getting now is I can't find where the 64 bit jvm has installed /usr/lib/java.***** etc?
powdarrmonkey Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 You should find everything you need in /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/
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